diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index a308f4c79f1a879e124486ef6cffbb2e9f8e606c..e8c396b5f92903777ce5905cf52e2ef879850739 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git remote' [-v | --verbose]
 'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--tags|--no-tags] [--mirror=<fetch|push>] <name> <url>
 'git remote rename' <old> <new>
-'git remote rm' <name>
+'git remote remove' <name>
 'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | -d | <branch>)
 'git remote set-branches' [--add] <name> <branch>...
 'git remote set-url' [--push] <name> <newurl> [<oldurl>]
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under
 `$GIT_DIR/remotes` or `$GIT_DIR/branches`, the remote is converted to
 the configuration file format.
 
+'remove'::
 'rm'::
 
 Remove the remote named <name>. All remote-tracking branches and
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index 920262d76ec9bdc40a8ad7703cf1eb972a40eb9e..357d59d66792308c4c4d767523767c6d078d7341 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_remote_usage[] = {
 	"git remote [-v | --verbose]",
 	"git remote add [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--tags|--no-tags] [--mirror=<fetch|push>] <name> <url>",
 	"git remote rename <old> <new>",
-	"git remote rm <name>",
+	"git remote remove <name>",
 	"git remote set-head <name> (-a | -d | <branch>)",
 	"git remote [-v | --verbose] show [-n] <name>",
 	"git remote prune [-n | --dry-run] <name>",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_remote_rename_usage[] = {
 };
 
 static const char * const builtin_remote_rm_usage[] = {
-	"git remote rm <name>",
+	"git remote remove <name>",
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ int cmd_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		result = add(argc, argv);
 	else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "rename"))
 		result = mv(argc, argv);
-	else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "rm"))
+	else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "rm") || !strcmp(argv[0], "remove"))
 		result = rm(argc, argv);
 	else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "set-head"))
 		result = set_head(argc, argv);
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 5a5b5a0b3c21f129133614db78ad33299987b11c..3b982903491e01b8ca03c1e8f8943f5abc4dc553 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ _git_config ()
 
 _git_remote ()
 {
-	local subcommands="add rename rm set-head set-branches set-url show prune update"
+	local subcommands="add rename remove set-head set-branches set-url show prune update"
 	local subcommand="$(__git_find_on_cmdline "$subcommands")"
 	if [ -z "$subcommand" ]; then
 		__gitcomp "$subcommands"
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@ _git_remote ()
 	fi
 
 	case "$subcommand" in
-	rename|rm|set-url|show|prune)
+	rename|remove|set-url|show|prune)
 		__gitcomp_nl "$(__git_remotes)"
 		;;
 	set-head|set-branches)
diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
index e8af615e6dcdf365416ef9f71825c17a0d601186..c03ffdde1036f37d35db0d8147af20ffdd79bbb1 100755
--- a/t/t5505-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ EOF
 	} &&
 	git tag footag &&
 	git config --add remote.oops.fetch "+refs/*:refs/*" &&
-	git remote rm oops 2>actual1 &&
+	git remote remove oops 2>actual1 &&
 	git branch foobranch &&
 	git config --add remote.oops.fetch "+refs/*:refs/*" &&
 	git remote rm oops 2>actual2 &&
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ test_expect_success 'migrate a remote from named file in $GIT_DIR/remotes' '
 	git clone one five &&
 	origin_url=$(pwd)/one &&
 	(cd five &&
-	 git remote rm origin &&
+	 git remote remove origin &&
 	 mkdir -p .git/remotes &&
 	 cat ../remotes_origin > .git/remotes/origin &&
 	 git remote rename origin origin &&
diff --git a/t/t5540-http-push.sh b/t/t5540-http-push.sh
index f141f2d1da3ca8186ccc7a742bddd06f2e7f8970..01d0d95b4d6476f691f650cc413fa7156caee88b 100755
--- a/t/t5540-http-push.sh
+++ b/t/t5540-http-push.sh
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ test_expect_success 'http-push fetches packed objects' '
 	# By reset, we force git to retrieve the packed object
 	(cd "$ROOT_PATH"/test_repo_clone_packed &&
 	 git reset --hard HEAD^ &&
-	 git remote rm origin &&
+	 git remote remove origin &&
 	 git reflog expire --expire=0 --all &&
 	 git prune &&
 	 git push -f -v $HTTPD_URL/dumb/test_repo_packed.git master)