diff --git a/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActors.json b/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActors.json
index db783a1f1f7..f65e2fc953b 100644
--- a/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActors.json
+++ b/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActors.json
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
         "type": "params",
         "properties": {
           "term": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "DEPRECATED: use 'q' instead"
+          },
+          "q": {
             "type": "string",
             "description": "search query string; syntax, phrase, boolean, and faceting is unspecified, but Lucene query syntax is recommended"
           },
diff --git a/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActorsTypeahead.json b/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActorsTypeahead.json
index dc561d2ad08..f94dd6c3f69 100644
--- a/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActorsTypeahead.json
+++ b/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/searchActorsTypeahead.json
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
         "type": "params",
         "properties": {
           "term": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "DEPRECATED: use 'q' instead"
+          },
+          "q": {
             "type": "string",
             "description": "search query prefix; not a full query string"
           },
diff --git a/lexicons/com/atproto/admin/searchRepos.json b/lexicons/com/atproto/admin/searchRepos.json
index fb9c90f343c..73b4487d10b 100644
--- a/lexicons/com/atproto/admin/searchRepos.json
+++ b/lexicons/com/atproto/admin/searchRepos.json
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
       "parameters": {
         "type": "params",
         "properties": {
-          "term": { "type": "string" },
+          "term": { "type": "string", "description": "DEPRECATED: use 'q' instead" },
+          "q": { "type": "string" },
           "invitedBy": { "type": "string" },
           "limit": {
             "type": "integer",