diff --git a/cli/recipe/create.go b/cli/recipe/new.go
similarity index 95%
rename from cli/recipe/create.go
rename to cli/recipe/new.go
index 2e3552ba7..ea02e6e27 100644
--- a/cli/recipe/create.go
+++ b/cli/recipe/new.go
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
-var recipeCreateCommand = &cli.Command{
-	Name:      "create",
+var recipeNewCommand = &cli.Command{
+	Name:      "new",
 	Usage:     "Create a new recipe",
-	Aliases:   []string{"c"},
+	Aliases:   []string{"n"},
 	ArgsUsage: "<recipe>",
 	Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
 		recipe := internal.ValidateRecipe(c)
diff --git a/cli/recipe/recipe.go b/cli/recipe/recipe.go
index f0fedd8b6..d349c2d26 100644
--- a/cli/recipe/recipe.go
+++ b/cli/recipe/recipe.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Cloud community and you can use Abra to read them and create apps for you.
 	Subcommands: []*cli.Command{
 		recipeListCommand,
 		recipeVersionCommand,
-		recipeCreateCommand,
+		recipeNewCommand,
 		recipeUpgradeCommand,
 		recipeSyncCommand,
 		recipeLintCommand,