diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index 4f54e71d79..c3618328aa 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -6700,7 +6700,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
 	security reasons.
 
 						*'viewoptions'* *'vop'*
-'viewoptions' 'vop'	string	(default: "folds,options,cursor,curdir")
+'viewoptions' 'vop'	string	(default: "folds,cursor,curdir")
 			global
 	Changes the effect of the |:mkview| command.  It is a comma separated
 	list of words.  Each word enables saving and restoring something:
diff --git a/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt b/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt
index 51159b9840..ecc3f52077 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ the differences.
 - 'tags' defaults to "./tags;,tags"
 - 'ttimeoutlen' defaults to 50
 - 'ttyfast' is always set
-- 'viewoptions' includes "unix,slash"
 - 'undodir' defaults to ~/.local/share/nvim/undo (|xdg|), auto-created
+- 'viewoptions' includes "unix,slash", excludes "options"
 - 'viminfo' includes "!"
 - 'wildmenu' is enabled
 - 'wildoptions' defaults to "pum,tagfile"
diff --git a/src/nvim/options.lua b/src/nvim/options.lua
index 585f8d638a..8c0970c32e 100644
--- a/src/nvim/options.lua
+++ b/src/nvim/options.lua
@@ -2705,7 +2705,7 @@ return {
       type='string', list='onecomma', scope={'global'},
       deny_duplicates=true,
       varname='p_vop',
-      defaults={if_true={vi="folds,options,cursor,curdir"}}
+      defaults={if_true={vi="folds,cursor,curdir"}}
     },
     {
       -- Alias for "shada".
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/setup.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/setup.vim
index b15df2ea03..57ba57a3c8 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/setup.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/setup.vim
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ set undodir^=.
 set wildoptions=
 set startofline
 set sessionoptions+=options
+set viewoptions+=options
 set switchbuf=
 
 " Unmap Nvim default mappings.