Password recovery means passwords are stored in a readable fashion and this is a worst practice, so it’s just as well it doesn’t do it. :P

The "uninitiated" might also call a proper temporary one-time access token which enables you to change your password, "password recovery".

…Grumble…for the illiterate, maybe. Recovery means just that. Reset is something else. I understand your point but we are professionals and must be held to a proper standard. This isn’t PHPmonks, for the love of cross-eyed Saint Sebastian!