diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt
index c772b47e7ef0..a2b1c508c32c 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/btrfs.txt
@@ -168,10 +168,15 @@ Options with (*) are default options and will not show in the mount options.
   notreelog
 	Enable/disable the tree logging used for fsync and O_SYNC writes.
 
-  recovery
-	Enable autorecovery attempts if a bad tree root is found at mount time.
-	Currently this scans a list of several previous tree roots and tries to
+  usebackuproot
+	Enable attempts to use backup tree roots if a bad tree root is found at
+	mount time.
+	Currently this scans a list of 4 previous tree roots and tries to
 	use the first readable.
+	And since the mount option doesn't affect any behavior after mount,
+	it won't be shown in mount info.
+	Prior to 4.6, this was done by 'recovery' option that has been
+	deprecated, but will work.
 
   rescan_uuid_tree
 	Force check and rebuild procedure of the UUID tree. This should not
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index bfe4a337fb4d..e39eeb99adc9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@ struct btrfs_ioctl_defrag_range_args {
 #define BTRFS_MOUNT_ENOSPC_DEBUG	 (1 << 15)
 #define BTRFS_MOUNT_AUTO_DEFRAG		(1 << 16)
 #define BTRFS_MOUNT_INODE_MAP_CACHE	(1 << 17)
-#define BTRFS_MOUNT_RECOVERY		(1 << 18)
+#define BTRFS_MOUNT_USEBACKUPROOT	(1 << 18)
 #define BTRFS_MOUNT_SKIP_BALANCE	(1 << 19)
 #define BTRFS_MOUNT_CHECK_INTEGRITY	(1 << 20)
 #define BTRFS_MOUNT_CHECK_INTEGRITY_INCLUDING_EXTENT_DATA (1 << 21)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 4545e2e2ad45..c0363626c5da 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -3146,6 +3146,12 @@ retry_root_backup:
 
 	fs_info->open = 1;
 
+	/*
+	 * backuproot only affect mount behavior, and if open_ctree succeeded,
+	 * no need to keep the flag
+	 */
+	btrfs_clear_opt(fs_info->mount_opt, USEBACKUPROOT);
+
 	return 0;
 
 fail_qgroup:
@@ -3200,7 +3206,7 @@ fail:
 	return err;
 
 recovery_tree_root:
-	if (!btrfs_test_opt(tree_root, RECOVERY))
+	if (!btrfs_test_opt(tree_root, USEBACKUPROOT))
 		goto fail_tree_roots;
 
 	free_root_pointers(fs_info, 0);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index d41e09fe8e38..7ed3863c264b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ enum {
 	Opt_check_integrity_print_mask, Opt_fatal_errors, Opt_rescan_uuid_tree,
 	Opt_commit_interval, Opt_barrier, Opt_nodefrag, Opt_nodiscard,
 	Opt_noenospc_debug, Opt_noflushoncommit, Opt_acl, Opt_datacow,
-	Opt_datasum, Opt_treelog, Opt_noinode_cache,
+	Opt_datasum, Opt_treelog, Opt_noinode_cache, Opt_usebackuproot,
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_DEBUG
 	Opt_fragment_data, Opt_fragment_metadata, Opt_fragment_all,
 #endif
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_inode_cache, "inode_cache"},
 	{Opt_noinode_cache, "noinode_cache"},
 	{Opt_no_space_cache, "nospace_cache"},
-	{Opt_recovery, "recovery"},
+	{Opt_recovery, "recovery"}, /* deprecated */
+	{Opt_usebackuproot, "usebackuproot"},
 	{Opt_skip_balance, "skip_balance"},
 	{Opt_check_integrity, "check_int"},
 	{Opt_check_integrity_including_extent_data, "check_int_data"},
@@ -696,8 +697,12 @@ int btrfs_parse_options(struct btrfs_root *root, char *options)
 					     "disabling auto defrag");
 			break;
 		case Opt_recovery:
-			btrfs_info(root->fs_info, "enabling auto recovery");
-			btrfs_set_opt(info->mount_opt, RECOVERY);
+			btrfs_warn(root->fs_info,
+				   "'recovery' is deprecated, use 'usebackuproot' instead");
+		case Opt_usebackuproot:
+			btrfs_info(root->fs_info,
+				   "trying to use backup root at mount time");
+			btrfs_set_opt(info->mount_opt, USEBACKUPROOT);
 			break;
 		case Opt_skip_balance:
 			btrfs_set_opt(info->mount_opt, SKIP_BALANCE);
@@ -1228,8 +1233,6 @@ static int btrfs_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *dentry)
 		seq_puts(seq, ",inode_cache");
 	if (btrfs_test_opt(root, SKIP_BALANCE))
 		seq_puts(seq, ",skip_balance");
-	if (btrfs_test_opt(root, RECOVERY))
-		seq_puts(seq, ",recovery");
 #ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_FS_CHECK_INTEGRITY
 	if (btrfs_test_opt(root, CHECK_INTEGRITY_INCLUDING_EXTENT_DATA))
 		seq_puts(seq, ",check_int_data");