diff --git a/r/R/csv.R b/r/R/csv.R
index 7acb667c9e0..709b42ab8a0 100644
--- a/r/R/csv.R
+++ b/r/R/csv.R
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@
 #' parsing options provided in other arguments (e.g. `delim`, `quote`, etc.).
 #' @param convert_options see [csv_convert_options()]
 #' @param read_options see [csv_read_options()]
-#' @param as_tibble Should the function return a `data.frame` or an
+#' @param as_data_frame Should the function return a `data.frame` or an
 #' [arrow::Table][Table]?
 #'
-#' @return A `data.frame`, or an Table if `as_tibble = FALSE`.
+#' @return A `data.frame`, or an Table if `as_data_frame = FALSE`.
 #' @export
 #' @examples
 #' \donttest{
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ read_delim_arrow <- function(file,
                              parse_options = NULL,
                              convert_options = NULL,
                              read_options = NULL,
-                             as_tibble = TRUE) {
+                             as_data_frame = TRUE) {
 
   if (is.null(parse_options)) {
     parse_options <- readr_to_csv_parse_options(
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ read_delim_arrow <- function(file,
 
   tab <- reader$Read()$select(!!enquo(col_select))
 
-  if (isTRUE(as_tibble)) {
+  if (isTRUE(as_data_frame)) {
     tab <- as.data.frame(tab)
   }
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ read_csv_arrow <- function(file,
                            parse_options = NULL,
                            convert_options = NULL,
                            read_options = NULL,
-                           as_tibble = TRUE) {
+                           as_data_frame = TRUE) {
 
   mc <- match.call()
   mc$delim <- ","
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ read_tsv_arrow <- function(file,
                            parse_options = NULL,
                            convert_options = NULL,
                            read_options = NULL,
-                           as_tibble = TRUE) {
+                           as_data_frame = TRUE) {
 
   mc <- match.call()
   mc$delim <- "\t"
diff --git a/r/R/feather.R b/r/R/feather.R
index d835ae266ff..e1b74bdda9c 100644
--- a/r/R/feather.R
+++ b/r/R/feather.R
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ FeatherTableWriter$create <- function(stream) {
 #' @inheritParams read_delim_arrow
 #' @param ... additional parameters
 #'
-#' @return A `data.frame` if `as_tibble` is `TRUE` (the default), or an
+#' @return A `data.frame` if `as_data_frame` is `TRUE` (the default), or an
 #' [arrow::Table][Table] otherwise
 #'
 #' @export
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ FeatherTableWriter$create <- function(stream) {
 #'   df <- read_feather(tf, col_select = starts_with("Sepal"))
 #' })
 #' }
-read_feather <- function(file, col_select = NULL, as_tibble = TRUE, ...) {
+read_feather <- function(file, col_select = NULL, as_data_frame = TRUE, ...) {
   reader <- FeatherTableReader$create(file, ...)
 
   all_columns <- ipc___feather___TableReader__column_names(reader)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ read_feather <- function(file, col_select = NULL, as_tibble = TRUE, ...) {
   }
 
   out <- reader$Read(columns)
-  if (isTRUE(as_tibble)) {
+  if (isTRUE(as_data_frame)) {
     out <- as.data.frame(out)
   }
   out
diff --git a/r/R/json.R b/r/R/json.R
index bf038a18fa9..063de39a186 100644
--- a/r/R/json.R
+++ b/r/R/json.R
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #' @inheritParams read_delim_arrow
 #' @param ... Additional options, passed to `json_table_reader()`
 #'
-#' @return A `data.frame`, or an Table if `as_tibble = FALSE`.
+#' @return A `data.frame`, or an Table if `as_data_frame = FALSE`.
 #' @export
 #' @examples
 #' \donttest{
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@
 #'   df <- read_json_arrow(tf)
 #' })
 #' }
-read_json_arrow <- function(file, col_select = NULL, as_tibble = TRUE, ...) {
+read_json_arrow <- function(file, col_select = NULL, as_data_frame = TRUE, ...) {
   tab <- json_table_reader(file, ...)$Read()$select(!!enquo(col_select))
 
-  if (isTRUE(as_tibble)) {
+  if (isTRUE(as_data_frame)) {
     tab <- as.data.frame(tab)
   }
   tab
diff --git a/r/R/parquet.R b/r/R/parquet.R
index 3e85570ea64..d36e5c33dd7 100644
--- a/r/R/parquet.R
+++ b/r/R/parquet.R
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #' @param props [ParquetReaderProperties]
 #' @param ... Additional arguments passed to `ParquetFileReader$create()`
 #'
-#' @return A [arrow::Table][Table], or a `data.frame` if `as_tibble` is
+#' @return A [arrow::Table][Table], or a `data.frame` if `as_data_frame` is
 #' `TRUE`.
 #' @examples
 #' \donttest{
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@
 #' @export
 read_parquet <- function(file,
                          col_select = NULL,
-                         as_tibble = TRUE,
+                         as_data_frame = TRUE,
                          props = ParquetReaderProperties$create(),
                          ...) {
   reader <- ParquetFileReader$create(file, props = props, ...)
   tab <- reader$ReadTable(!!enquo(col_select))
 
-  if (as_tibble) {
+  if (as_data_frame) {
     tab <- as.data.frame(tab)
   }
   tab
diff --git a/r/man/read_delim_arrow.Rd b/r/man/read_delim_arrow.Rd
index d0cd4fb2e2e..fcab79f8242 100644
--- a/r/man/read_delim_arrow.Rd
+++ b/r/man/read_delim_arrow.Rd
@@ -10,19 +10,19 @@ read_delim_arrow(file, delim = ",", quote = "\\"",
   escape_double = TRUE, escape_backslash = FALSE, col_names = TRUE,
   col_select = NULL, na = c("", "NA"), quoted_na = TRUE,
   skip_empty_rows = TRUE, skip = 0L, parse_options = NULL,
-  convert_options = NULL, read_options = NULL, as_tibble = TRUE)
+  convert_options = NULL, read_options = NULL, as_data_frame = TRUE)
 
 read_csv_arrow(file, quote = "\\"", escape_double = TRUE,
   escape_backslash = FALSE, col_names = TRUE, col_select = NULL,
   na = c("", "NA"), quoted_na = TRUE, skip_empty_rows = TRUE,
   skip = 0L, parse_options = NULL, convert_options = NULL,
-  read_options = NULL, as_tibble = TRUE)
+  read_options = NULL, as_data_frame = TRUE)
 
 read_tsv_arrow(file, quote = "\\"", escape_double = TRUE,
   escape_backslash = FALSE, col_names = TRUE, col_select = NULL,
   na = c("", "NA"), quoted_na = TRUE, skip_empty_rows = TRUE,
   skip = 0L, parse_options = NULL, convert_options = NULL,
-  read_options = NULL, as_tibble = TRUE)
+  read_options = NULL, as_data_frame = TRUE)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{file}{A character file name, raw vector, or an Arrow input stream}
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ parsing options provided in other arguments (e.g. \code{delim}, \code{quote}, et
 
 \item{read_options}{see \code{\link[=csv_read_options]{csv_read_options()}}}
 
-\item{as_tibble}{Should the function return a \code{data.frame} or an
+\item{as_data_frame}{Should the function return a \code{data.frame} or an
 \link[=Table]{arrow::Table}?}
 }
 \value{
-A \code{data.frame}, or an Table if \code{as_tibble = FALSE}.
+A \code{data.frame}, or an Table if \code{as_data_frame = FALSE}.
 }
 \description{
 These functions uses the Arrow C++ CSV reader to read into a \code{data.frame}.
diff --git a/r/man/read_feather.Rd b/r/man/read_feather.Rd
index 7e720059af7..ac6b8ec8b48 100644
--- a/r/man/read_feather.Rd
+++ b/r/man/read_feather.Rd
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 \alias{read_feather}
 \title{Read a Feather file}
 \usage{
-read_feather(file, col_select = NULL, as_tibble = TRUE, ...)
+read_feather(file, col_select = NULL, as_data_frame = TRUE, ...)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{file}{A character file path, a raw vector, or \code{InputStream}, passed to
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ read_feather(file, col_select = NULL, as_tibble = TRUE, ...)
 \link[tidyselect:vars_select]{tidy selection specification}
 of columns, as used in \code{dplyr::select()}.}
 
-\item{as_tibble}{Should the function return a \code{data.frame} or an
+\item{as_data_frame}{Should the function return a \code{data.frame} or an
 \link[=Table]{arrow::Table}?}
 
 \item{...}{additional parameters}
 }
 \value{
-A \code{data.frame} if \code{as_tibble} is \code{TRUE} (the default), or an
+A \code{data.frame} if \code{as_data_frame} is \code{TRUE} (the default), or an
 \link[=Table]{arrow::Table} otherwise
 }
 \description{
diff --git a/r/man/read_json_arrow.Rd b/r/man/read_json_arrow.Rd
index 7fcad2c4509..98936ea959b 100644
--- a/r/man/read_json_arrow.Rd
+++ b/r/man/read_json_arrow.Rd
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 \alias{read_json_arrow}
 \title{Read a JSON file}
 \usage{
-read_json_arrow(file, col_select = NULL, as_tibble = TRUE, ...)
+read_json_arrow(file, col_select = NULL, as_data_frame = TRUE, ...)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{file}{A character file name, raw vector, or an Arrow input stream}
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ read_json_arrow(file, col_select = NULL, as_tibble = TRUE, ...)
 \link[tidyselect:vars_select]{tidy selection specification}
 of columns, as used in \code{dplyr::select()}.}
 
-\item{as_tibble}{Should the function return a \code{data.frame} or an
+\item{as_data_frame}{Should the function return a \code{data.frame} or an
 \link[=Table]{arrow::Table}?}
 
 \item{...}{Additional options, passed to \code{json_table_reader()}}
 }
 \value{
-A \code{data.frame}, or an Table if \code{as_tibble = FALSE}.
+A \code{data.frame}, or an Table if \code{as_data_frame = FALSE}.
 }
 \description{
 Using \link{JsonTableReader}
diff --git a/r/man/read_parquet.Rd b/r/man/read_parquet.Rd
index 5a12e7199f2..757d82e184a 100644
--- a/r/man/read_parquet.Rd
+++ b/r/man/read_parquet.Rd
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 \alias{read_parquet}
 \title{Read a Parquet file}
 \usage{
-read_parquet(file, col_select = NULL, as_tibble = TRUE,
+read_parquet(file, col_select = NULL, as_data_frame = TRUE,
   props = ParquetReaderProperties$create(), ...)
 }
 \arguments{
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ read_parquet(file, col_select = NULL, as_tibble = TRUE,
 \link[tidyselect:vars_select]{tidy selection specification}
 of columns, as used in \code{dplyr::select()}.}
 
-\item{as_tibble}{Should the function return a \code{data.frame} or an
+\item{as_data_frame}{Should the function return a \code{data.frame} or an
 \link[=Table]{arrow::Table}?}
 
 \item{props}{\link{ParquetReaderProperties}}
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ of columns, as used in \code{dplyr::select()}.}
 \item{...}{Additional arguments passed to \code{ParquetFileReader$create()}}
 }
 \value{
-A \link[=Table]{arrow::Table}, or a \code{data.frame} if \code{as_tibble} is
+A \link[=Table]{arrow::Table}, or a \code{data.frame} if \code{as_data_frame} is
 \code{TRUE}.
 }
 \description{
diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/test-csv.R b/r/tests/testthat/test-csv.R
index 24354a14186..288396f82fe 100644
--- a/r/tests/testthat/test-csv.R
+++ b/r/tests/testthat/test-csv.R
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ test_that("Can read csv file", {
 
   write.csv(iris, tf, row.names = FALSE)
 
-  tab1 <- read_csv_arrow(tf, as_tibble = FALSE)
-  tab2 <- read_csv_arrow(mmap_open(tf), as_tibble = FALSE)
-  tab3 <- read_csv_arrow(ReadableFile$create(tf), as_tibble = FALSE)
+  tab1 <- read_csv_arrow(tf, as_data_frame = FALSE)
+  tab2 <- read_csv_arrow(mmap_open(tf), as_data_frame = FALSE)
+  tab3 <- read_csv_arrow(ReadableFile$create(tf), as_data_frame = FALSE)
 
   iris$Species <- as.character(iris$Species)
   tab0 <- Table$create(!!!iris)
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ test_that("Can read csv file", {
   expect_equal(tab0, tab3)
 })
 
-test_that("read_csv_arrow(as_tibble=TRUE)", {
+test_that("read_csv_arrow(as_data_frame=TRUE)", {
   tf <- tempfile()
   on.exit(unlink(tf))
 
   write.csv(iris, tf, row.names = FALSE)
 
-  tab1 <- read_csv_arrow(tf, as_tibble = TRUE)
-  tab2 <- read_csv_arrow(mmap_open(tf), as_tibble = TRUE)
-  tab3 <- read_csv_arrow(ReadableFile$create(tf), as_tibble = TRUE)
+  tab1 <- read_csv_arrow(tf, as_data_frame = TRUE)
+  tab2 <- read_csv_arrow(mmap_open(tf), as_data_frame = TRUE)
+  tab3 <- read_csv_arrow(ReadableFile$create(tf), as_data_frame = TRUE)
 
   iris$Species <- as.character(iris$Species)
   expect_equivalent(iris, tab1)
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ test_that("read_csv_arrow() respects col_select", {
 
   write.csv(iris, tf, row.names = FALSE, quote = FALSE)
 
-  tab <- read_csv_arrow(tf, col_select = starts_with("Sepal"), as_tibble = FALSE)
+  tab <- read_csv_arrow(tf, col_select = starts_with("Sepal"), as_data_frame = FALSE)
   expect_equal(tab, Table$create(Sepal.Length = iris$Sepal.Length, Sepal.Width = iris$Sepal.Width))
 
-  tib <- read_csv_arrow(tf, col_select = starts_with("Sepal"), as_tibble = TRUE)
+  tib <- read_csv_arrow(tf, col_select = starts_with("Sepal"), as_data_frame = TRUE)
   expect_equal(tib, tibble::tibble(Sepal.Length = iris$Sepal.Length, Sepal.Width = iris$Sepal.Width))
 })
diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/test-feather.R b/r/tests/testthat/test-feather.R
index 0ab20bff546..e0144e69853 100644
--- a/r/tests/testthat/test-feather.R
+++ b/r/tests/testthat/test-feather.R
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ test_that("feather handles col_select = <tidyselect helper>", {
 })
 
 test_that("feather read/write round trip", {
-  tab1 <- read_feather(feather_file, as_tibble = FALSE)
+  tab1 <- read_feather(feather_file, as_data_frame = FALSE)
   expect_is(tab1, "Table")
 
   expect_equal(tib, as.data.frame(tab1))
diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/test-json.R b/r/tests/testthat/test-json.R
index c436cb72596..e0c155667f2 100644
--- a/r/tests/testthat/test-json.R
+++ b/r/tests/testthat/test-json.R
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ test_that("Can read json file with scalars columns (ARROW-5503)", {
     { "hello": 0.0, "world": true, "yo": null }
   ', tf, useBytes=TRUE)
 
-  tab1 <- read_json_arrow(tf, as_tibble = FALSE)
-  tab2 <- read_json_arrow(mmap_open(tf), as_tibble = FALSE)
-  tab3 <- read_json_arrow(ReadableFile$create(tf), as_tibble = FALSE)
+  tab1 <- read_json_arrow(tf, as_data_frame = FALSE)
+  tab2 <- read_json_arrow(mmap_open(tf), as_data_frame = FALSE)
+  tab3 <- read_json_arrow(ReadableFile$create(tf), as_data_frame = FALSE)
 
   expect_equal(tab1, tab2)
   expect_equal(tab1, tab3)
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ test_that("Can read json file with nested columns (ARROW-5503)", {
     { "arr": [5.0, 6.0], "nuf": { "ps": 19 } }
   ', tf)
 
-  tab1 <- read_json_arrow(tf, as_tibble = FALSE)
-  tab2 <- read_json_arrow(mmap_open(tf), as_tibble = FALSE)
-  tab3 <- read_json_arrow(ReadableFile$create(tf), as_tibble = FALSE)
+  tab1 <- read_json_arrow(tf, as_data_frame = FALSE)
+  tab2 <- read_json_arrow(mmap_open(tf), as_data_frame = FALSE)
+  tab3 <- read_json_arrow(ReadableFile$create(tf), as_data_frame = FALSE)
 
   expect_equal(tab1, tab2)
   expect_equal(tab1, tab3)