diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -4655,8 +4655,11 @@ def push(ui, repo, dest=None, **opts):
 
     return result
 
-@command('recover', [], helpcategory=command.CATEGORY_MAINTENANCE)
-def recover(ui, repo):
+@command('recover',
+    [('','verify', True, "run `hg verify` after succesful recover"),
+    ],
+    helpcategory=command.CATEGORY_MAINTENANCE)
+def recover(ui, repo, **opts):
     """roll back an interrupted transaction
 
     Recover from an interrupted commit or pull.
@@ -4667,8 +4670,15 @@ def recover(ui, repo):
 
     Returns 0 if successful, 1 if nothing to recover or verify fails.
     """
-    if repo.recover():
-        return hg.verify(repo)
+    ret = repo.recover()
+    if ret:
+        if opts['verify']:
+            return hg.verify(repo)
+        else:
+            msg = _("(verify step skipped, run  `hg verify` to check your "
+                    "repository content)\n")
+            ui.warn(msg)
+            return 0
     return 1
 
 @command('remove|rm',
diff --git a/tests/test-completion.t b/tests/test-completion.t
--- a/tests/test-completion.t
+++ b/tests/test-completion.t
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ Show all commands + options
   phase: public, draft, secret, force, rev
   pull: update, force, rev, bookmark, branch, ssh, remotecmd, insecure
   push: force, rev, bookmark, branch, new-branch, pushvars, publish, ssh, remotecmd, insecure
-  recover: 
+  recover: verify
   remove: after, force, subrepos, include, exclude, dry-run
   rename: after, force, include, exclude, dry-run
   resolve: all, list, mark, unmark, no-status, re-merge, tool, include, exclude, template
diff --git a/tests/test-journal-exists.t b/tests/test-journal-exists.t
--- a/tests/test-journal-exists.t
+++ b/tests/test-journal-exists.t
@@ -21,6 +21,33 @@
   checking files
   checked 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
 
+recover, explicite verify
+
+  $ touch .hg/store/journal
+  $ hg ci -Am0
+  abort: abandoned transaction found!
+  (run 'hg recover' to clean up transaction)
+  [255]
+  $ hg recover --verify
+  rolling back interrupted transaction
+  checking changesets
+  checking manifests
+  crosschecking files in changesets and manifests
+  checking files
+  checked 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
+
+recover, no verify
+
+  $ touch .hg/store/journal
+  $ hg ci -Am0
+  abort: abandoned transaction found!
+  (run 'hg recover' to clean up transaction)
+  [255]
+  $ hg recover --no-verify
+  rolling back interrupted transaction
+  (verify step skipped, run  `hg verify` to check your repository content)
+
+
 Check that zero-size journals are correctly aborted:
 
 #if unix-permissions no-root