diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/files.py b/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/files.py
index 02ec1f526fe..df3c8cf37bc 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/files.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/files.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ class ModuleDocFragment(object):
 
     # Standard files documentation fragment
     DOCUMENTATION = """
-options:
 options:
   path:
     description:
diff --git a/library/files/copy b/library/files/copy
index a62a6d22c84..9d7bedb2446 100644
--- a/library/files/copy
+++ b/library/files/copy
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ options:
         defaults.
     required: false
     version_added: "1.5"
+extends_documentation_fragment: files
 author: Michael DeHaan
 notes:
    - The "copy" module recursively copy facility does not scale to lots (>hundreds) of files.