diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
index 05d5cf1d743..867c5b50cb4 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ journal_dev=devnum	When the external journal device's major/minor numbers
 			identified through its new major/minor numbers encoded
 			in devnum.
 
-noload			Don't load the journal on mounting. Note that this forces
-			mount of inconsistent filesystem, which can lead to
+norecovery		Don't load the journal on mounting. Note that this forces
+noload			mount of inconsistent filesystem, which can lead to
 			various problems.
 
 data=journal		All data are committed into the journal prior to being
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index ca3068fd234..c1d128d765b 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -636,6 +636,9 @@ static int ext3_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
 	if (test_opt(sb, DATA_ERR_ABORT))
 		seq_puts(seq, ",data_err=abort");
 
+	if (test_opt(sb, NOLOAD))
+		seq_puts(seq, ",norecovery");
+
 	ext3_show_quota_options(seq, sb);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -818,6 +821,7 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_reservation, "reservation"},
 	{Opt_noreservation, "noreservation"},
 	{Opt_noload, "noload"},
+	{Opt_noload, "norecovery"},
 	{Opt_nobh, "nobh"},
 	{Opt_bh, "bh"},
 	{Opt_commit, "commit=%u"},