1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/options.nix b/lib/options.nix
index 5cea99067aab..a16a980398d6 100644
--- a/lib/options.nix
+++ b/lib/options.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ rec {
     visible ? null,
     # Whether the option can be set only once
     readOnly ? null,
+    # Deprecated, used by types.optionSet.
+    options ? null
     } @ attrs:
     attrs // { _type = "option"; };
 
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ rec {
         docOption = rec {
           loc = opt.loc;
           name = showOption opt.loc;
-          description = opt.description or (throw "Option `${name}' has no description.");
+          description = opt.description or (lib.warn "Option `${name}' has no description." "This option has no description.");
           declarations = filter (x: x != unknownModule) opt.declarations;
           internal = opt.internal or false;
           visible = opt.visible or true;