diff --git a/apidocs/src/samples/db-get-default-instance-configuration-response-json.txt b/apidocs/src/samples/db-get-default-instance-configuration-response-json.txt
index 44861ea0ae..ecbc644f4e 100644
--- a/apidocs/src/samples/db-get-default-instance-configuration-response-json.txt
+++ b/apidocs/src/samples/db-get-default-instance-configuration-response-json.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 Content-Type: application/json
-Content-Length: 1110
+Content-Length: 1124
 Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:09:17 GMT
 
diff --git a/apidocs/src/samples/db-get-default-instance-configuration-response.json b/apidocs/src/samples/db-get-default-instance-configuration-response.json
index e73e84b53e..64b8e50f31 100644
--- a/apidocs/src/samples/db-get-default-instance-configuration-response.json
+++ b/apidocs/src/samples/db-get-default-instance-configuration-response.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
             "max_connections": "100",
             "max_heap_table_size": "16M",
             "max_user_connections": "100",
-            "myisam-recover": "BACKUP",
+            "myisam-recover-options": "BACKUP,FORCE",
             "open_files_limit": "512",
             "pid_file": "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid",
             "port": "3306",
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/update-myisam-recover-opt-232b9d680bc362bf.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/update-myisam-recover-opt-232b9d680bc362bf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e047a2a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/update-myisam-recover-opt-232b9d680bc362bf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - Replace the deprecated 'myisam-recover' option
+    with its newer counterpart 'myisam-recover-options'.
diff --git a/trove/templates/mariadb/config.template b/trove/templates/mariadb/config.template
index f0155eb956..88614bdeaf 100644
--- a/trove/templates/mariadb/config.template
+++ b/trove/templates/mariadb/config.template
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ user = mysql
 port = 3306
 basedir = /usr
 datadir = /var/lib/mysql/data
-####tmpdir = /tmp
 tmpdir = /var/tmp
 pid_file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
 skip-external-locking = 1
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ key_buffer_size = {{ (50 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}M
 max_allowed_packet = {{ (1024 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}K
 thread_stack = 192K
 thread_cache_size = {{ (4 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}
-myisam-recover = BACKUP
+myisam-recover-options = BACKUP,FORCE
 query_cache_type = 1
 query_cache_limit = 1M
 query_cache_size = {{ (8 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}M
diff --git a/trove/templates/mysql/config.template b/trove/templates/mysql/config.template
index 78ed025e6b..70f8f27d7a 100644
--- a/trove/templates/mysql/config.template
+++ b/trove/templates/mysql/config.template
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ user = mysql
 port = 3306
 basedir = /usr
 datadir = /var/lib/mysql/data
-####tmpdir = /tmp
 tmpdir = /var/tmp
 pid_file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
 skip-external-locking = 1
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ key_buffer_size = {{ (50 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}M
 max_allowed_packet = {{ (1024 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}K
 thread_stack = 192K
 thread_cache_size = {{ (4 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}
-myisam-recover = BACKUP
+myisam-recover-options = BACKUP,FORCE
 query_cache_type = 1
 query_cache_limit = 1M
 query_cache_size = {{ (8 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}M
diff --git a/trove/templates/percona/config.template b/trove/templates/percona/config.template
index ee70128ace..83807944d2 100644
--- a/trove/templates/percona/config.template
+++ b/trove/templates/percona/config.template
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ user = mysql
 port = 3306
 basedir = /usr
 datadir = /var/lib/mysql/data
-####tmpdir = /tmp
 tmpdir = /var/tmp
 pid_file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
 skip-external-locking = 1
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ key_buffer_size = {{ (50 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}M
 max_allowed_packet = {{ (1024 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}K
 thread_stack = 192K
 thread_cache_size = {{ (4 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}
-myisam-recover = BACKUP
+myisam-recover-options = BACKUP,FORCE
 query_cache_type = 1
 query_cache_limit = 1M
 query_cache_size = {{ (8 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}M
diff --git a/trove/templates/pxc/config.template b/trove/templates/pxc/config.template
index ee70128ace..83807944d2 100644
--- a/trove/templates/pxc/config.template
+++ b/trove/templates/pxc/config.template
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ user = mysql
 port = 3306
 basedir = /usr
 datadir = /var/lib/mysql/data
-####tmpdir = /tmp
 tmpdir = /var/tmp
 pid_file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
 skip-external-locking = 1
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ key_buffer_size = {{ (50 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}M
 max_allowed_packet = {{ (1024 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}K
 thread_stack = 192K
 thread_cache_size = {{ (4 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}
-myisam-recover = BACKUP
+myisam-recover-options = BACKUP,FORCE
 query_cache_type = 1
 query_cache_limit = 1M
 query_cache_size = {{ (8 * flavor['ram']/512)|int }}M