diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_combinebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_combinebackup.sgml
index 375307d57bd..091982f62ad 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_combinebackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_combinebackup.sgml
@@ -162,6 +162,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>--copy</option></term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        Perform regular file copy.  This is the default.  (See also
+        <option>--copy-file-range</option> and <option>--clone</option>.)
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry>
       <term><option>--copy-file-range</option></term>
       <listitem>
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_combinebackup/pg_combinebackup.c b/src/bin/pg_combinebackup/pg_combinebackup.c
index 363fae234e9..986a256dea5 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_combinebackup/pg_combinebackup.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_combinebackup/pg_combinebackup.c
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		{"no-manifest", no_argument, NULL, 2},
 		{"sync-method", required_argument, NULL, 3},
 		{"clone", no_argument, NULL, 4},
-		{"copy-file-range", no_argument, NULL, 5},
+		{"copy", no_argument, NULL, 5},
+		{"copy-file-range", no_argument, NULL, 6},
 		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 	};
 
@@ -209,6 +210,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				opt.copy_method = COPY_METHOD_CLONE;
 				break;
 			case 5:
+				opt.copy_method = COPY_METHOD_COPY;
+				break;
+			case 6:
 				opt.copy_method = COPY_METHOD_COPY_FILE_RANGE;
 				break;
 			default:
@@ -763,6 +767,7 @@ help(const char *progname)
 	printf(_("  -T, --tablespace-mapping=OLDDIR=NEWDIR\n"
 			 "                            relocate tablespace in OLDDIR to NEWDIR\n"));
 	printf(_("      --clone               clone (reflink) instead of copying files\n"));
+	printf(_("      --copy                copy files (default)\n"));
 	printf(_("      --copy-file-range     copy using copy_file_range() syscall\n"));
 	printf(_("      --manifest-checksums=SHA{224,256,384,512}|CRC32C|NONE\n"
 			 "                            use algorithm for manifest checksums\n"));