diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/allfiles.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/allfiles.sgml
index c81c87ef41..8d91f3529e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/allfiles.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/allfiles.sgml
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ Complete list of usable sgml source files in this directory.
 <!ENTITY pgarchivecleanup   SYSTEM "pgarchivecleanup.sgml">
 <!ENTITY pgBasebackup       SYSTEM "pg_basebackup.sgml">
 <!ENTITY pgbench            SYSTEM "pgbench.sgml">
+<!ENTITY pgChecksums        SYSTEM "pg_checksums.sgml">
 <!ENTITY pgConfig           SYSTEM "pg_config-ref.sgml">
 <!ENTITY pgControldata      SYSTEM "pg_controldata.sgml">
 <!ENTITY pgCtl              SYSTEM "pg_ctl-ref.sgml">
@@ -210,7 +211,6 @@ Complete list of usable sgml source files in this directory.
 <!ENTITY pgResetwal         SYSTEM "pg_resetwal.sgml">
 <!ENTITY pgRestore          SYSTEM "pg_restore.sgml">
 <!ENTITY pgRewind           SYSTEM "pg_rewind.sgml">
-<!ENTITY pgVerifyChecksums  SYSTEM "pg_verify_checksums.sgml">
 <!ENTITY pgtestfsync        SYSTEM "pgtestfsync.sgml">
 <!ENTITY pgtesttiming       SYSTEM "pgtesttiming.sgml">
 <!ENTITY pgupgrade          SYSTEM "pgupgrade.sgml">
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_verify_checksums.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_checksums.sgml
similarity index 79%
rename from doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_verify_checksums.sgml
rename to doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_checksums.sgml
index 905b8f1222..6a47dda683 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_verify_checksums.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_checksums.sgml
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 <!--
-doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_verify_checksums.sgml
+doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_checksums.sgml
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
-<refentry id="pgverifychecksums">
- <indexterm zone="pgverifychecksums">
-  <primary>pg_verify_checksums</primary>
+<refentry id="app-pgchecksums">
+ <indexterm zone="app-pgchecksums">
+  <primary>pg_checksums</primary>
  </indexterm>
 
  <refmeta>
-  <refentrytitle><application>pg_verify_checksums</application></refentrytitle>
+  <refentrytitle><application>pg_checksums</application></refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
   <refmiscinfo>Application</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>
 
  <refnamediv>
-  <refname>pg_verify_checksums</refname>
+  <refname>pg_checksums</refname>
   <refpurpose>verify data checksums in a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database cluster</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>
   <cmdsynopsis>
-   <command>pg_verify_checksums</command>
+   <command>pg_checksums</command>
    <arg rep="repeat" choice="opt"><replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable></arg>
    <group choice="opt">
     <group choice="opt">
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
   </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
 
- <refsect1 id="r1-app-pg_verify_checksums-1">
+ <refsect1 id="r1-app-pg_checksums-1">
   <title>Description</title>
   <para>
-   <command>pg_verify_checksums</command> verifies data checksums in a
+   <application>pg_checksums</application> verifies data checksums in a
    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> cluster.  The server must be shut
-   down cleanly before running <application>pg_verify_checksums</application>.
+   down cleanly before running <application>pg_checksums</application>.
    The exit status is zero if there are no checksum errors, otherwise nonzero.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
        <term><option>--version</option></term>
        <listitem>
        <para>
-        Print the <application>pg_verify_checksums</application> version and exit.
+        Print the <application>pg_checksums</application> version and exit.
        </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       <term><option>--help</option></term>
        <listitem>
         <para>
-         Show help about <application>pg_verify_checksums</application> command line
+         Show help about <application>pg_checksums</application> command line
          arguments, and exit.
         </para>
        </listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml
index db4f4167e3..cef09dd38b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@
 
    &initdb;
    &pgarchivecleanup;
+   &pgChecksums;
    &pgControldata;
    &pgCtl;
    &pgResetwal;
@@ -283,7 +284,6 @@
    &pgtestfsync;
    &pgtesttiming;
    &pgupgrade;
-   &pgVerifyChecksums;
    &pgwaldump;
    &postgres;
    &postmaster;
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c b/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
index 6c324a6661..537f09e342 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static const char *excludeFiles[] =
 /*
  * List of files excluded from checksum validation.
  *
- * Note: this list should be kept in sync with what pg_verify_checksums.c
+ * Note: this list should be kept in sync with what pg_checksums.c
  * includes.
  */
 static const char *const noChecksumFiles[] = {
diff --git a/src/bin/Makefile b/src/bin/Makefile
index c66bfa887e..903e58121f 100644
--- a/src/bin/Makefile
+++ b/src/bin/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 	initdb \
 	pg_archivecleanup \
 	pg_basebackup \
+	pg_checksums \
 	pg_config \
 	pg_controldata \
 	pg_ctl \
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ SUBDIRS = \
 	pg_test_fsync \
 	pg_test_timing \
 	pg_upgrade \
-	pg_verify_checksums \
 	pg_waldump \
 	pgbench \
 	psql \
diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/t/001_initdb.pl b/src/bin/initdb/t/001_initdb.pl
index 759779adb2..8dfcd8752a 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/t/001_initdb.pl
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/t/001_initdb.pl
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ mkdir $datadir;
 command_like(['pg_controldata', $datadir],
 			 qr/Data page checksum version:.*0/,
 			 'checksums are disabled in control file');
-# pg_verify_checksums fails with checksums disabled by default.  This is
-# not part of the tests included in pg_verify_checksums to save from
+# pg_checksums fails with checksums disabled by default.  This is
+# not part of the tests included in pg_checksums to save from
 # the creation of an extra instance.
 command_fails(
-	[ 'pg_verify_checksums', '-D', $datadir],
-	"pg_verify_checksums fails with data checksum disabled");
+	[ 'pg_checksums', '-D', $datadir],
+	"pg_checksums fails with data checksum disabled");
 
 command_ok([ 'initdb', '-S', $datadir ], 'sync only');
 command_fails([ 'initdb', $datadir ], 'existing data directory');
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_checksums/.gitignore b/src/bin/pg_checksums/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7888625094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/pg_checksums/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/pg_checksums
+
+/tmp_check/
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/Makefile b/src/bin/pg_checksums/Makefile
similarity index 53%
rename from src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/Makefile
rename to src/bin/pg_checksums/Makefile
index ab6d3ea9e2..278b7a0f2e 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/Makefile
+++ b/src/bin/pg_checksums/Makefile
@@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
-# Makefile for src/bin/pg_verify_checksums
+# Makefile for src/bin/pg_checksums
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1998-2019, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 #
-# src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/Makefile
+# src/bin/pg_checksums/Makefile
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-PGFILEDESC = "pg_verify_checksums - verify data checksums in an offline cluster"
+PGFILEDESC = "pg_checksums - verify data checksums in an offline cluster"
 PGAPPICON=win32
 
-subdir = src/bin/pg_verify_checksums
+subdir = src/bin/pg_checksums
 top_builddir = ../../..
 include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
 
-OBJS= pg_verify_checksums.o $(WIN32RES)
+OBJS= pg_checksums.o $(WIN32RES)
 
-all: pg_verify_checksums
+all: pg_checksums
 
-pg_verify_checksums: $(OBJS) | submake-libpgport
+pg_checksums: $(OBJS) | submake-libpgport
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX) $(LIBS) -o $@$(X)
 
 install: all installdirs
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) pg_verify_checksums$(X) '$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/pg_verify_checksums$(X)'
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) pg_checksums$(X) '$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/pg_checksums$(X)'
 
 installdirs:
 	$(MKDIR_P) '$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)'
 
 uninstall:
-	rm -f '$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/pg_verify_checksums$(X)'
+	rm -f '$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/pg_checksums$(X)'
 
 clean distclean maintainer-clean:
-	rm -f pg_verify_checksums$(X) $(OBJS)
+	rm -f pg_checksums$(X) $(OBJS)
 	rm -rf tmp_check
 
 check:
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_checksums/nls.mk b/src/bin/pg_checksums/nls.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2748b18ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/pg_checksums/nls.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# src/bin/pg_checksums/nls.mk
+CATALOG_NAME     = pg_checksums
+AVAIL_LANGUAGES  =
+GETTEXT_FILES    = pg_checksums.c
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/pg_verify_checksums.c b/src/bin/pg_checksums/pg_checksums.c
similarity index 94%
rename from src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/pg_verify_checksums.c
rename to src/bin/pg_checksums/pg_checksums.c
index 4c7c055b31..6571c34211 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/pg_verify_checksums.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_checksums/pg_checksums.c
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
-/*
- * pg_verify_checksums
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * Verifies page level checksums in an offline cluster
+ * pg_checksums.c
+ *	  Verifies page level checksums in an offline cluster.
  *
- *	Copyright (c) 2010-2019, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2019, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- *	src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/pg_verify_checksums.c
+ * IDENTIFICATION
+ *	  src/bin/pg_checksums/pg_checksums.c
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+
 #include "postgres_fe.h"
 
 #include <dirent.h>
@@ -240,7 +244,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int			option_index;
 	bool		crc_ok;
 
-	set_pglocale_pgservice(argv[0], PG_TEXTDOMAIN("pg_verify_checksums"));
+	set_pglocale_pgservice(argv[0], PG_TEXTDOMAIN("pg_checksums"));
 
 	progname = get_progname(argv[0]);
 
@@ -253,7 +257,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 		if (strcmp(argv[1], "--version") == 0 || strcmp(argv[1], "-V") == 0)
 		{
-			puts("pg_verify_checksums (PostgreSQL) " PG_VERSION);
+			puts("pg_checksums (PostgreSQL) " PG_VERSION);
 			exit(0);
 		}
 	}
@@ -318,7 +322,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if (ControlFile->pg_control_version != PG_CONTROL_VERSION)
 	{
-		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: cluster is not compatible with this version of pg_verify_checksums\n"),
+		fprintf(stderr, _("%s: cluster is not compatible with this version of pg_checksums\n"),
 				progname);
 		exit(1);
 	}
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_checksums/t/001_basic.pl b/src/bin/pg_checksums/t/001_basic.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4334c80606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/pg_checksums/t/001_basic.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use TestLib;
+use Test::More tests => 8;
+
+program_help_ok('pg_checksums');
+program_version_ok('pg_checksums');
+program_options_handling_ok('pg_checksums');
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/t/002_actions.pl b/src/bin/pg_checksums/t/002_actions.pl
similarity index 89%
rename from src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/t/002_actions.pl
rename to src/bin/pg_checksums/t/002_actions.pl
index 74ad5ad723..97284e8930 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/t/002_actions.pl
+++ b/src/bin/pg_checksums/t/002_actions.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Do basic sanity checks supported by pg_verify_checksums using
+# Do basic sanity checks supported by pg_checksums using
 # an initialized cluster.
 
 use strict;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ sub check_relation_corruption
 
 	# Checksums are correct for single relfilenode as the table is not
 	# corrupted yet.
-	command_ok(['pg_verify_checksums',  '-D', $pgdata,
+	command_ok(['pg_checksums',  '-D', $pgdata,
 		'-r', $relfilenode_corrupted],
 		"succeeds for single relfilenode on tablespace $tablespace with offline cluster");
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ sub check_relation_corruption
 	close $file;
 
 	# Checksum checks on single relfilenode fail
-	$node->command_checks_all([ 'pg_verify_checksums', '-D', $pgdata, '-r',
+	$node->command_checks_all([ 'pg_checksums', '-D', $pgdata, '-r',
 								$relfilenode_corrupted],
 							  1,
 							  [qr/Bad checksums:.*1/],
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ sub check_relation_corruption
 							  "fails with corrupted data for single relfilenode on tablespace $tablespace");
 
 	# Global checksum checks fail as well
-	$node->command_checks_all([ 'pg_verify_checksums', '-D', $pgdata],
+	$node->command_checks_all([ 'pg_checksums', '-D', $pgdata],
 							  1,
 							  [qr/Bad checksums:.*1/],
 							  [qr/checksum verification failed/],
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ sub check_relation_corruption
 	$node->start;
 	$node->safe_psql('postgres', "DROP TABLE $table;");
 	$node->stop;
-	$node->command_ok(['pg_verify_checksums', '-D', $pgdata],
+	$node->command_ok(['pg_checksums', '-D', $pgdata],
 	        "succeeds again after table drop on tablespace $tablespace");
 
 	$node->start;
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ mkdir "$pgdata/global/pgsql_tmp";
 append_to_file "$pgdata/global/pgsql_tmp/1.1", "foo";
 
 # Checksums pass on a newly-created cluster
-command_ok(['pg_verify_checksums',  '-D', $pgdata],
+command_ok(['pg_checksums',  '-D', $pgdata],
 		   "succeeds with offline cluster");
 
 # Checks cannot happen with an online cluster
 $node->start;
-command_fails(['pg_verify_checksums',  '-D', $pgdata],
+command_fails(['pg_checksums',  '-D', $pgdata],
 			  "fails with online cluster");
 
 # Check corruption of table on default tablespace.
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ $node->safe_psql('postgres',
 	"CREATE TABLESPACE ts_corrupt LOCATION '$tablespace_dir';");
 check_relation_corruption($node, 'corrupt2', 'ts_corrupt');
 
-# Utility routine to check that pg_verify_checksums is able to detect
+# Utility routine to check that pg_checksums is able to detect
 # correctly-named relation files filled with some corrupted data.
 sub fail_corrupt
 {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ sub fail_corrupt
 	my $file_name = "$pgdata/global/$file";
 	append_to_file $file_name, "foo";
 
-	$node->command_checks_all([ 'pg_verify_checksums', '-D', $pgdata],
+	$node->command_checks_all([ 'pg_checksums', '-D', $pgdata],
 						  1,
 						  [qr/^$/],
 						  [qr/could not read block 0 in file.*$file\":/],
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/.gitignore b/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e5e569a54..0000000000
--- a/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/pg_verify_checksums
-
-/tmp_check/
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/nls.mk b/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/nls.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 893efaf0f0..0000000000
--- a/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/nls.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/nls.mk
-CATALOG_NAME     = pg_verify_checksums
-AVAIL_LANGUAGES  =
-GETTEXT_FILES    = pg_verify_checksums.c
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/t/001_basic.pl b/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/t/001_basic.pl
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fa2e12db2..0000000000
--- a/src/bin/pg_verify_checksums/t/001_basic.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use TestLib;
-use Test::More tests => 8;
-
-program_help_ok('pg_verify_checksums');
-program_version_ok('pg_verify_checksums');
-program_options_handling_ok('pg_verify_checksums');