diff --git a/Units/extra-file-scope-option.d/args.ctags b/Units/extra-file-scope-option.d/args.ctags
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b6c0f888a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Units/extra-file-scope-option.d/args.ctags
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--extra=-F
diff --git a/Units/extra-file-scope-option.d/expected.tags b/Units/extra-file-scope-option.d/expected.tags
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6932f0667a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Units/extra-file-scope-option.d/expected.tags
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+y	input.c	/^       void y(void) {}$/;"	f
diff --git a/Units/extra-file-scope-option.d/input.c b/Units/extra-file-scope-option.d/input.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f9ec9b125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Units/extra-file-scope-option.d/input.c
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+static void x(void) {}
+       void y(void) {}
diff --git a/ctags.1.in b/ctags.1.in
index 8cdff5ee5e..e6a9fd3345 100644
--- a/ctags.1.in
+++ b/ctags.1.in
@@ -394,6 +394,10 @@ flags replace any current settings. The meaning of each flag is as follows:
 .PP
 .RS 8
 .TP 4
+.I F
+Equivalent to \fB\-\-file\-scope\fP.
+This option is on by default.
+.TP 4
 .I f
 Include an entry for the base file name of every source file (e.g.
 "example.c"), which addresses the first line of the file.
diff --git a/docs/news.rst b/docs/news.rst
index cdd3213122..b93b5cacbd 100644
--- a/docs/news.rst
+++ b/docs/news.rst
@@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ On windows mingw32, you must specify ``WITH_ICONV=yes`` like below::
 
 	C:\dev\ctags>mingw32-make -f mk_mingw.mak WITH_ICONV=yes
 
+Extra tag entries (``--extra``)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``F``
+
+	Equivalent to --file-scope.
+
 Changes in tags file format
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/main/options.c b/main/options.c
index eb1779d388..13b208fe92 100644
--- a/main/options.c
+++ b/main/options.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static optionDescription LongOptionDescription [] = {
  {0,"       Uses the specified type of EX command to locate tags [mix]."},
 #endif
  {1,"  --extra=[+|-]flags"},
- {1,"      Include extra tag entries for selected information (flags: \"fq.\")."},
+ {1,"      Include extra tag entries for selected information (flags: \"Ffq.\") [F]."},
  {1,"  --fields=[+|-]flags"},
  {1,"      Include selected extension fields (flags: \"afmikKlnsStzZ\") [fks]."},
  {1,"  --file-scope=[yes|no]"},
@@ -1032,9 +1032,7 @@ static void processExtraTagsOption (
 	{
 		inc->fileNames     = FALSE;
 		inc->qualifiedTags = FALSE;
-#if 0
 		inc->fileScope     = FALSE;
-#endif
 		inc->fileNamesWithTotalLines = FALSE;
 	}
 	while ((c = *p++) != '\0') switch (c)
@@ -1044,9 +1042,7 @@ static void processExtraTagsOption (
 
 		case 'f': inc->fileNames     = mode;  break;
 		case 'q': inc->qualifiedTags = mode;  break;
-#if 0
 		case 'F': inc->fileScope     = mode;  break;
-#endif
 		case '.': inc->fileNamesWithTotalLines = mode; break;
 
 		default: error(WARNING, "Unsupported parameter '%c' for \"%s\" option",