diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/local.py b/fsspec/implementations/local.py
index 619ea1d00..ee2995d63 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/local.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/local.py
@@ -154,7 +154,11 @@ def get_file(self, path1, path2, callback=None, **kwargs):
     def put_file(self, path1, path2, callback=None, **kwargs):
         return self.cp_file(path1, path2, **kwargs)
 
-    def mv(self, path1, path2, **kwargs):
+    def mv(self, path1, path2, recursive: bool = True, **kwargs):
+        """Move files/directories
+        For the specific case of local, all ops on directories are recursive and
+        the recursive= kwarg is ignored.
+        """
         path1 = self._strip_protocol(path1)
         path2 = self._strip_protocol(path2)
         shutil.move(path1, path2)