diff --git a/cmsfs-fuse/cmsfs-fuse.1 b/cmsfs-fuse/cmsfs-fuse.1
index c3082a5b..9fc4e539 100644
--- a/cmsfs-fuse/cmsfs-fuse.1
+++ b/cmsfs-fuse/cmsfs-fuse.1
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ Allow access by other users
 \fB\-o\fR allow_root
 Allow access by root
 .TP
-\fB\-o\fR nonempty
-Allow mounts over non\-empty file/dir
-.TP
 \fB\-o\fR default_permissions 
 Enable permission checking by kernel
 .TP
diff --git a/hmcdrvfs/hmcdrvfs.1 b/hmcdrvfs/hmcdrvfs.1
index 5f1db3de..f613c775 100644
--- a/hmcdrvfs/hmcdrvfs.1
+++ b/hmcdrvfs/hmcdrvfs.1
@@ -111,9 +111,6 @@ allow access by other users
 .B -o allow_root
 allow access by root
 .TP
-.B -o nonempty
-allow mounts over non-empty file/dir
-.TP
 .B -o default_permissions
 enable permission checking by kernel
 .TP
diff --git a/zdsfs/zdsfs.1 b/zdsfs/zdsfs.1
index 21acb70a..f50a05af 100644
--- a/zdsfs/zdsfs.1
+++ b/zdsfs/zdsfs.1
@@ -227,9 +227,6 @@ Allow access by other users
 \fB\-o\fR allow_root
 Allow access by root
 .TP
-\fB\-o\fR nonempty
-Allow mounts over non\-empty file/dir
-.TP
 \fB\-o\fR default_permissions
 Enable permission checking by kernel
 .TP
diff --git a/zdump/zfuse.c b/zdump/zfuse.c
index a76e7bf2..a8aa54a8 100644
--- a/zdump/zfuse.c
+++ b/zdump/zfuse.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ int zfuse_mount_dump(void)
 	fuse_opt_add_arg(&args, "zgetdump");
 	fuse_opt_add_arg(&args, "-s");
 	snprintf(tmp_str, sizeof(tmp_str),
-		 "-ofsname=%s,ro,default_permissions,nonempty",
+		 "-ofsname=%s,ro,default_permissions",
 		 g.opts.device);
 	fuse_opt_add_arg(&args, tmp_str);
 	fuse_opt_add_arg(&args, g.opts.mount_point);