diff --git a/doc/radosgw/multisite.rst b/doc/radosgw/multisite.rst
index 181718bd5849e..c973ee1ff5eb0 100644
--- a/doc/radosgw/multisite.rst
+++ b/doc/radosgw/multisite.rst
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ the default zone group first.
 
     # radosgw-admin zonegroup remove --rgw-zonegroup=default --rgw-zone=default
     # radosgw-admin period update --commit
-    # radosgw-admin zone delete --rgw-zone=default
+    # radosgw-admin zone rm --rgw-zone=default
     # radosgw-admin period update --commit
     # radosgw-admin zonegroup delete --rgw-zonegroup=default
     # radosgw-admin period update --commit
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ Delete the default zone if needed.
 
 ::
 
-    # radosgw-admin zone delete --rgw-zone=default
+    # radosgw-admin zone rm --rgw-zone=default
 
 Finally, delete the default pools in your Ceph storage cluster if
 needed.
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ Next, delete the zone. Execute the following:
 
 ::
 
-    # radosgw-admin zone delete --rgw-zone<name>
+    # radosgw-admin zone rm --rgw-zone<name>
 
 Finally, update the period:
 
diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc
index 81fd13ef55c3e..3a50426f5149d 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_admin.cc
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ static int get_cmd(const char *cmd, const char *prev_cmd, const char *prev_prev_
     if (strcmp(cmd, "list") == 0)
       return OPT_ZONE_PLACEMENT_LIST;
   } else if (strcmp(prev_cmd, "zone") == 0) {
-    if (strcmp(cmd, "delete") == 0)
+    if (match_str(cmd, "rm", "delete"))
       return OPT_ZONE_DELETE;
     if (strcmp(cmd, "create") == 0)
       return OPT_ZONE_CREATE;