diff --git a/python/python/lance/dataset.py b/python/python/lance/dataset.py
index 59b6b40cc61..f0b95cb8cb0 100644
--- a/python/python/lance/dataset.py
+++ b/python/python/lance/dataset.py
@@ -2338,6 +2338,7 @@ def create_scalar_index(
             Literal["BITMAP"],
             Literal["LABEL_LIST"],
             Literal["INVERTED"],
+            Literal["FTS"],
             Literal["NGRAM"],
             Literal["ZONEMAP"],
             Literal["BLOOMFILTER"],
@@ -2407,8 +2408,9 @@ def create_scalar_index(
           called zones and stores summary statistics for each zone (min, max,
           null_count, nan_count, fragment_id, local_row_offset). It's very small but
           only effective if the column is at least approximately in sorted order.
-        * ``INVERTED``. It is used to index document columns. This index
-          can conduct full-text searches. For example, a column that contains any word
+        * ``INVERTED`` (alias: ``FTS``). It is used to index document columns. This
+          index can conduct full-text searches. For example, a column that contains any
+          word
           of query string "hello world". The results will be ranked by BM25.
         * ``BLOOMFILTER``. This inexact index uses a bloom filter.  It is small
              but can only handle filters with equals and not equals and may require
@@ -2428,7 +2430,7 @@ def create_scalar_index(
         index_type : str
             The type of the index.  One of ``"BTREE"``, ``"BITMAP"``,
             ``"LABEL_LIST"``, ``"NGRAM"``, ``"ZONEMAP"``, ``"INVERTED"``,
-            ``"BLOOMFILTER"``, ``"RTREE"``.
+            ``"FTS"``, ``"BLOOMFILTER"``, ``"RTREE"``.
         name : str, optional
             The index name. If not provided, it will be generated from the
             column name.
@@ -2548,6 +2550,7 @@ def create_scalar_index(
                 "ZONEMAP",
                 "LABEL_LIST",
                 "INVERTED",
+                "FTS",
                 "BLOOMFILTER",
                 "RTREE",
             ]:
@@ -2587,7 +2590,7 @@ def create_scalar_index(
                     field_type
                 ):
                     raise TypeError(f"NGRAM index column {column} must be a string")
-            elif index_type in ["INVERTED"]:
+            elif index_type in ["INVERTED", "FTS"]:
                 value_type = field_type
                 if pa.types.is_list(field_type) or pa.types.is_large_list(field_type):
                     value_type = field_type.value_type
diff --git a/python/python/tests/test_scalar_index.py b/python/python/tests/test_scalar_index.py
index 90b2fa02ec4..443172db13e 100644
--- a/python/python/tests/test_scalar_index.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_scalar_index.py
@@ -663,6 +663,11 @@ def test_filter_with_fts_index(dataset):
         assert query == row.as_py()
 
 
+def test_create_scalar_index_fts_alias(dataset):
+    dataset.create_scalar_index("doc", index_type="FTS", with_position=False)
+    assert any(idx["type"] == "Inverted" for idx in dataset.list_indices())
+
+
 def test_multi_index_create(tmp_path):
     dataset = lance.write_dataset(
         pa.table({"ints": range(1024)}), tmp_path, max_rows_per_file=100
diff --git a/python/src/dataset.rs b/python/src/dataset.rs
index 715b9fa5e3b..dc88b6d72d9 100644
--- a/python/src/dataset.rs
+++ b/python/src/dataset.rs
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ impl Dataset {
             "BLOOMFILTER" => IndexType::BloomFilter,
             "LABEL_LIST" => IndexType::LabelList,
             "RTREE" => IndexType::RTree,
-            "INVERTED" => IndexType::Inverted,
+            "INVERTED" | "FTS" => IndexType::Inverted,
             "IVF_FLAT" | "IVF_PQ" | "IVF_SQ" | "IVF_RQ" | "IVF_HNSW_FLAT" | "IVF_HNSW_PQ"
             | "IVF_HNSW_SQ" => IndexType::Vector,
             _ => {
@@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ impl Dataset {
                     params: Some(config.config.clone()),
                 })
             }
-            "INVERTED" => {
+            "INVERTED" | "FTS" => {
                 let mut params = InvertedIndexParams::default();
                 if let Some(kwargs) = kwargs {
                     if let Some(with_position) = kwargs.get_item("with_position")? {
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ impl Dataset {
                 index_type_up
             );
             match index_type_up.as_str() {
-                "INVERTED" => {
+                "INVERTED" | "FTS" => {
                     // Call merge_index_files function for inverted index
                     lance_index::scalar::inverted::builder::merge_index_files(
                         self.ds.object_store(),