diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/options.rst b/DOCS/man/en/options.rst
index e49460ae02..835decf5e7 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/options.rst
@@ -1845,7 +1845,7 @@ OPTIONS
     behavior is the opposite of MPlayer's, which tries to reset all settings
     when starting next file.)
 
-    Default: ``--reset-on-next-file=pause`` (only the pause mode is reset).
+    Default: Do not reset anything.
 
     This can be changed with this option. It accepts a list of options, and
     mpv will reset the value of these options on playback start to the initial
@@ -1860,13 +1860,13 @@ OPTIONS
 
     .. admonition:: Examples
 
+        - ``--reset-on-next-file=pause``
+          Reset pause mode when switching to the next file.
         - ``--reset-on-next-file=fullscreen,speed``
           Reset fullscreen and playback speed settings if they were changed
           during playback.
         - ``--reset-on-next-file=all``
           Try to reset all settings that were changed during playback.
-        - ``--reset-on-next-file=""``
-          Do not reset pause mode.
 
 ``--right-alt-gr``, ``--no-right-alt-gr``
     (Cocoa and Windows only)
diff --git a/options/options.c b/options/options.c
index d52672cde1..ca07c3d3a1 100644
--- a/options/options.c
+++ b/options/options.c
@@ -651,7 +651,6 @@ const m_option_t mp_opts[] = {
 
 const struct MPOpts mp_default_opts = {
     .msg_color = 1,
-    .reset_options = (char **)(const char *[]){"pause", NULL},
     .audio_driver_list = NULL,
     .audio_decoders = "-spdif:*", // never select spdif by default
     .video_decoders = NULL,