diff --git a/runtime/help/options.md b/runtime/help/options.md
index 6b872398..0c6019ec 100644
--- a/runtime/help/options.md
+++ b/runtime/help/options.md
@@ -369,7 +369,11 @@ Here are the available options:
 
 	default value: `4`
 
-* `tabstospaces`: use spaces instead of tabs.
+* `tabstospaces`: use spaces instead of tabs. Note: This option will be
+   overridden by [the `ftoptions` plugin](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/blob/master/runtime/plugins/ftoptions/ftoptions.lua)
+   for certain filetypes. To disable this behavior, add `"ftoptions": false` to
+   your config. See [issue #2213](https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/issues/2213)
+   for more details.
 
 	default value: `false`
 
diff --git a/runtime/help/plugins.md b/runtime/help/plugins.md
index d959488c..c2e202ac 100644
--- a/runtime/help/plugins.md
+++ b/runtime/help/plugins.md
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ There are 6 default plugins that come pre-installed with micro. These are
 
 * `autoclose`: automatically closes brackets, quotes, etc...
 * `comment`: provides automatic commenting for a number of languages
-* `ftoptions`: alters some default options depending on the filetype
+* `ftoptions`: alters some default options (notably indentation) depending on the filetype
 * `linter`: provides extensible linting for many languages
 * `literate`: provides advanced syntax highlighting for the Literate
    programming tool.