diff --git a/PendingReleaseNotes b/PendingReleaseNotes
index b532a140d6d..8b18e93e1cf 100644
--- a/PendingReleaseNotes
+++ b/PendingReleaseNotes
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ v9.0.4
 * 'ceph scrub', 'ceph compact' and 'ceph sync force are now DEPRECATED.  Users
   should instead use 'ceph mon scrub', 'ceph mon compact' and
   'ceph mon sync force'.
+
+* 'ceph mon_metadata' should now be used as 'ceph mon metadata'. There is no
+  need to deprecate this command (same major release since it was first
+  introduced).
diff --git a/qa/workunits/cephtool/test.sh b/qa/workunits/cephtool/test.sh
index bd5187a8323..7c1bebc406b 100755
--- a/qa/workunits/cephtool/test.sh
+++ b/qa/workunits/cephtool/test.sh
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ function test_mon_misc()
   ceph log "$mymsg"
   ceph_watch_wait "$mymsg"
 
-  ceph mon_metadata a
+  ceph mon metadata a
   ceph node ls
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mon/MonCommands.h b/src/mon/MonCommands.h
index 473c09a3411..e4da778cbd3 100644
--- a/src/mon/MonCommands.h
+++ b/src/mon/MonCommands.h
@@ -246,9 +246,6 @@ COMMAND("report name=tags,type=CephString,n=N,req=false", \
 	"mon", "r", "cli,rest")
 COMMAND("quorum_status", "report status of monitor quorum", \
 	"mon", "r", "cli,rest")
-COMMAND("mon_metadata name=id,type=CephString",
-	"fetch metadata for mon <id>",
-	"mon", "r", "cli,rest")
 
 COMMAND_WITH_FLAG("mon_status", "report status of monitors", "mon", "r", "cli,rest",
 	     FLAG(NOFORWARD))
@@ -291,6 +288,9 @@ COMMAND_WITH_FLAG("mon sync force " \
     "force sync of and clear monitor store", \
     "mon", "rw", "cli,rest", \
     FLAG(NOFORWARD))
+COMMAND("mon metadata name=id,type=CephString",
+	"fetch metadata for mon <id>",
+	"mon", "r", "cli,rest")
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/mon/Monitor.cc b/src/mon/Monitor.cc
index df9e200993f..19e8ef2088a 100644
--- a/src/mon/Monitor.cc
+++ b/src/mon/Monitor.cc
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ void Monitor::do_admin_command(string command, cmdmap_t& cmdmap, string format,
   args = "[" + args + "]";
  
   bool read_only = (command == "mon_status" ||
-		    command == "mon_metadata" ||
+		    command == "mon metadata" ||
 		    command == "quorum_status");
 
   (read_only ? audit_clog->debug() : audit_clog->info())
@@ -2700,7 +2700,8 @@ void Monitor::handle_command(MMonCommand *m)
        */
       prefix != "mon compact" &&
       prefix != "mon scrub" &&
-      prefix != "mon sync force") {
+      prefix != "mon sync force" &&
+      prefix != "mon metadata") {
     monmon()->dispatch(m);
     return;
   }
@@ -2887,7 +2888,7 @@ void Monitor::handle_command(MMonCommand *m)
     rdata.append(ds);
     rs = "";
     r = 0;
-  } else if (prefix == "mon_metadata") {
+  } else if (prefix == "mon metadata") {
     string name;
     cmd_getval(g_ceph_context, cmdmap, "id", name);
     int mon = monmap->get_rank(name);