diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/recovery-config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/recovery-config.sgml
index b4959ac..519a0ce 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/recovery-config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/recovery-config.sgml
@@ -280,31 +280,11 @@ restore_command = 'copy "C:\\server\\archivedir\\%f" "%p"'  # Windows
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
-     <varlistentry id="pause-at-recovery-target"
-                   xreflabel="pause_at_recovery_target">
-      <term><varname>pause_at_recovery_target</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)
+     <varlistentry id="recovery-target-action"
+                   xreflabel="recovery_target_action">
+      <term><varname>recovery_target_action</varname> (<type>enum</type>)
       <indexterm>
-        <primary><varname>pause_at_recovery_target</> recovery parameter</primary>
-      </indexterm>
-      </term>
-      <listitem>
-       <para>
-        Alias for action_at_recovery_target, <literal>true</> is same as
-        action_at_recovery_target = <literal>pause</> and <literal>false</>
-        is same as action_at_recovery_target = <literal>promote</>.
-       </para>
-       <para>
-        This setting has no effect if <xref linkend="guc-hot-standby"> is not
-        enabled, or if no recovery target is set.
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-
-     <varlistentry id="action-at-recovery-target"
-                   xreflabel="action_at_recovery_target">
-      <term><varname>action_at_recovery_target</varname> (<type>enum</type>)
-      <indexterm>
-        <primary><varname>action_at_recovery_target</> recovery parameter</primary>
+        <primary><varname>recovery_target_action</> recovery parameter</primary>
       </indexterm>
       </term>
       <listitem>
@@ -336,7 +316,7 @@ restore_command = 'copy "C:\\server\\archivedir\\%f" "%p"'  # Windows
        </para>
        <para>
         Note that because <filename>recovery.conf</> will not be renamed when
-        <varname>action_at_recovery_target</> is set to <literal>shutdown</>,
+        <varname>recovery_target_action</> is set to <literal>shutdown</>,
         any subsequent start will end with immediate shutdown unless the
         configuration is changed or the <filename>recovery.conf</> is removed
         manually.
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 0f09add..e4193f4 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -4653,10 +4653,8 @@ readRecoveryCommandFile(void)
 	ConfigVariable *item,
 			   *head = NULL,
 			   *tail = NULL;
-	bool		recoveryPauseAtTargetSet = false;
 	bool		recoveryTargetActionSet = false;
 
-
 	fd = AllocateFile(RECOVERY_COMMAND_FILE, "r");
 	if (fd == NULL)
 	{
@@ -4699,25 +4697,6 @@ readRecoveryCommandFile(void)
 					(errmsg_internal("archive_cleanup_command = '%s'",
 									 archiveCleanupCommand)));
 		}
-		else if (strcmp(item->name, "pause_at_recovery_target") == 0)
-		{
-			bool recoveryPauseAtTarget;
-
-			if (!parse_bool(item->value, &recoveryPauseAtTarget))
-				ereport(ERROR,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
-						 errmsg("parameter \"%s\" requires a Boolean value", "pause_at_recovery_target")));
-
-			ereport(DEBUG2,
-					(errmsg_internal("pause_at_recovery_target = '%s'",
-									 item->value)));
-
-			recoveryTargetAction = recoveryPauseAtTarget ?
-									 RECOVERY_TARGET_ACTION_PAUSE :
-									 RECOVERY_TARGET_ACTION_PROMOTE;
-
-			recoveryPauseAtTargetSet = true;
-		}
 		else if (strcmp(item->name, "recovery_target_action") == 0)
 		{
 			if (strcmp(item->value, "pause") == 0)
@@ -4903,18 +4882,6 @@ readRecoveryCommandFile(void)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Check for mutually exclusive parameters
-	 */
-	if (recoveryPauseAtTargetSet && recoveryTargetActionSet)
-		ereport(ERROR,
-				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
-				 errmsg("cannot set both \"%s\" and \"%s\" recovery parameters",
-						"pause_at_recovery_target",
-						"recovery_target_action"),
-				 errhint("The \"pause_at_recovery_target\" is deprecated.")));
-
-
-	/*
 	 * Override any inconsistent requests. Not that this is a change
 	 * of behaviour in 9.5; prior to this we simply ignored a request
 	 * to pause if hot_standby = off, which was surprising behaviour.