diff -r 2e2cfc3bea0b -r 7a4e1d245f19 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Tue Feb 11 00:08:28 2020 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Wed Jan 22 14:21:34 2020 -0500
@@ -5669,7 +5669,7 @@
 
 @command(
     b'recover',
-    [(b'', b'verify', True, b"run `hg verify` after successful recover"),],
+    [(b'', b'verify', False, b"run `hg verify` after successful recover"),],
     helpcategory=command.CATEGORY_MAINTENANCE,
 )
 def recover(ui, repo, **opts):