Keep runner API unchanged

salt/runner.py

@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class Runner(RunnerClient):
                     low['kwarg']['orchestration_jid'] = async_pub['jid']
 
                 # Run the runner!
-                if self.opts.get('asynchronous', False):
+                if self.opts.get('async', False):
                     if self.opts.get('eauth'):
                         async_pub = self.cmd_async(low)
                     else:

salt/thorium/runner.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def cmd(
         func = name
     local_opts = {}
     local_opts.update(__opts__)
-    local_opts['asynchronous'] = True  # ensure this will be run asynchronous
+    local_opts['async'] = True  # ensure this will be run asynchronous
     local_opts.update({
         'fun': func,
         'arg': arg,

salt/utils/parsers.py

@@ -1920,7 +1920,7 @@ class SaltCMDOptionParser(six.with_metaclass(OptionParserMeta,
         self.add_option(
             '--async',
             default=False,
-            dest='asynchronous',
+            dest='async',
             action='store_true',
             help=('Run the salt command but don\'t wait for a reply.')
         )