Point 1: ======== At https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_autoindex.html#indexoptions we read that the "Options" directive is allowed in "server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess" In my case, I put it into a "Location" where it works w/o ill effect (and were I need to have it, so this is desired behaviour): The "location" is mapped to a specific directory and the contents of that directory are correctly displayed. Is this expected, an error in the documentation or an edge case that actually should not work? Point 2: ======== In the same case as above, the IndexOptions do not behave as expected according to how "incremental indexoptions" are supposed to accumulate: <Location "/documents/"> Options Indexes IndexOptions FancyIndexing +SuppressSize </Location> would be expected to drop all existing options switch on, FancyIndexing, then accumulate SuppressSize to this, resulting in: "FancyIndexing" and "SuppressSize" becing active but it does not, it switches on FancyIndexing but not SuppressSize. TO switch on both, one has to use the + Notation throughout: <Location "/documents/"> Options Indexes IndexOptions +FancyIndexing +SuppressSize </Location> Again, not sure if there is a problem in the documentation or this is some edgy case.