diff --git a/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/reduce_join_op_test.py b/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/reduce_join_op_test.py
index 49b6620779e..751e3e3648b 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/reduce_join_op_test.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/reduce_join_op_test.py
@@ -351,6 +351,16 @@ class ReduceJoinTest(UnicodeTestCase):
       with self.assertRaisesOpError("reduction dimension 2"):
         reduced.eval(feed_dict={placeholder.name: 2})
 
+  def testDeprecatedArgs(self):
+    foobar = constant_op.constant(["foobar"])
+    # Old names: keep_dims and reduction_indices
+    output = string_ops.reduce_join(
+        ["foo", "bar"], reduction_indices=0, keep_dims=True)
+    self.assertAllEqual(foobar, output)
+    # New names keepdims and axis.
+    output = string_ops.reduce_join(["foo", "bar"], axis=0, keepdims=True)
+    self.assertAllEqual(foobar, output)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   test.main()
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/ops/string_ops.py b/tensorflow/python/ops/string_ops.py
index c27d845db4d..507339b55bb 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/ops/string_ops.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/ops/string_ops.py
@@ -326,13 +326,15 @@ def _reduce_join_reduction_dims(x, axis, reduction_indices):
 @tf_export(v1=["strings.reduce_join", "reduce_join"])
 @deprecation.deprecated_endpoints("reduce_join")
 def reduce_join(inputs, axis=None,  # pylint: disable=missing-docstring
-                keep_dims=False,
+                keep_dims=None,
                 separator="",
                 name=None,
                 reduction_indices=None,
                 keepdims=None):
   keep_dims = deprecation.deprecated_argument_lookup(
       "keepdims", keepdims, "keep_dims", keep_dims)
+  if keep_dims is None:
+    keep_dims = False
   inputs_t = ops.convert_to_tensor(inputs)
   reduction_indices = _reduce_join_reduction_dims(
       inputs_t, axis, reduction_indices)
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.pbtxt b/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.pbtxt
index 90dcb1c4934..32f85a0a66b 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.pbtxt
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.pbtxt
@@ -1874,7 +1874,7 @@ tf_module {
   }
   member_method {
     name: "reduce_join"
-    argspec: "args=[\'inputs\', \'axis\', \'keep_dims\', \'separator\', \'name\', \'reduction_indices\', \'keepdims\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'None\', \'False\', \'\', \'None\', \'None\', \'None\'], "
+    argspec: "args=[\'inputs\', \'axis\', \'keep_dims\', \'separator\', \'name\', \'reduction_indices\', \'keepdims\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'None\', \'None\', \'\', \'None\', \'None\', \'None\'], "
   }
   member_method {
     name: "reduce_logsumexp"
diff --git a/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.strings.pbtxt b/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.strings.pbtxt
index 54e7ce6b5e3..1a73ab6a7e5 100644
--- a/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.strings.pbtxt
+++ b/tensorflow/tools/api/golden/v1/tensorflow.strings.pbtxt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ tf_module {
   }
   member_method {
     name: "reduce_join"
-    argspec: "args=[\'inputs\', \'axis\', \'keep_dims\', \'separator\', \'name\', \'reduction_indices\', \'keepdims\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'None\', \'False\', \'\', \'None\', \'None\', \'None\'], "
+    argspec: "args=[\'inputs\', \'axis\', \'keep_dims\', \'separator\', \'name\', \'reduction_indices\', \'keepdims\'], varargs=None, keywords=None, defaults=[\'None\', \'None\', \'\', \'None\', \'None\', \'None\'], "
   }
   member_method {
     name: "regex_full_match"