diff --git a/library/packaging/pacman b/library/packaging/pacman
index 653d1a3b61b..cb5ae4aa42e 100644
--- a/library/packaging/pacman
+++ b/library/packaging/pacman
@@ -45,13 +45,14 @@ options:
         default: "no"
         choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
 
-    recursive:
+    recurse:
         description:
             - remove all not explicitly installed dependencies not required
               by other packages of the package to remove
         required: false
         default: "no"
         choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
+        version_added: "1.3"
 
 author: Afterburn
 notes:  []
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 - pacman: name=foo,bar state=absent
 
 # Recursively remove package baz
-- pacman: name=baz state=absent recursive=yes
+- pacman: name=baz state=absent recurse=yes
 
 # Update the package database (pacman -Syy) and install bar (bar will be the updated if a newer version exists) 
 - pacman: name=bar, state=installed, update_cache=yes
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ def update_package_db(module):
          
 
 def remove_packages(module, packages):
-    if module.params["recursive"]:
+    if module.params["recurse"]:
         args = "Rs"
     else:
         args = "R"
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ def main():
             argument_spec    = dict(
                 state        = dict(default="installed", choices=["installed","absent"]),
                 update_cache = dict(default="no", aliases=["update-cache"], type='bool'),
-                recursive    = dict(default="no", type='bool'),
+                recurse      = dict(default="no", type='bool'),
                 name         = dict(aliases=["pkg"], required=True)))