diff --git a/DOCS/man/lua.rst b/DOCS/man/lua.rst
index d5c9b31808..db4957addc 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/lua.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/lua.rst
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ Example implementation::
         optionC = true,
     }
     read_options(options, "myscript")
-    print(option.optionA)
+    print(options.optionA)
 
 
 The config file will be stored in ``lua-settings/identifier.conf`` in mpv's user
diff --git a/player/lua/options.lua b/player/lua/options.lua
index 087e31b6ef..dd76f7ace7 100644
--- a/player/lua/options.lua
+++ b/player/lua/options.lua
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ local function typeconv(desttypeval, val)
 end
 
 
-function read_options(options, identifier)
+local function read_options(options, identifier)
     if identifier == nil then
         identifier = mp.get_script_name()
     end
@@ -101,4 +101,9 @@ function read_options(options, identifier)
 
 end
 
+-- backwards compatibility with broken read_options export
+_G.read_options = read_options
 
+return {
+    read_options = read_options,
+}
diff --git a/player/lua/osc.lua b/player/lua/osc.lua
index 2064ba7e47..4e373da74b 100644
--- a/player/lua/osc.lua
+++ b/player/lua/osc.lua
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ local user_opts = {
 }
 
 -- read options from config and command-line
-read_options(user_opts, "osc")
+opt.read_options(user_opts, "osc")
 
 local osc_param = { -- calculated by osc_init()
     playresy = 0,                           -- canvas size Y