diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index a81d01b3d6..e9e2516d58 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -5168,8 +5168,9 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
 	Note that such processing is done after |:set| did its own round of 
 	unescaping, so to keep yourself sane use |:let-&| like shown above.
 							*shell-powershell*
-	To use powershell (on Windows): >
-		set shell=powershell shellquote= shellpipe=\| shellxquote=
+	To use powershell: >
+		let &shell = has('win32') ? 'powershell' : 'pwsh'
+		set shellquote= shellpipe=\| shellxquote=
 		set shellcmdflag=-NoLogo\ -NoProfile\ -ExecutionPolicy\ RemoteSigned\ -Command
 		set shellredir=\|\ Out-File\ -Encoding\ UTF8