diff --git a/lib/libshare/nfs.c b/lib/libshare/nfs.c
index 5c8976e15..7cc5ae43f 100644
--- a/lib/libshare/nfs.c
+++ b/lib/libshare/nfs.c
@@ -387,9 +387,10 @@ get_linux_shareopts(const char *shareopts, char **plinux_opts)
 
 	*plinux_opts = NULL;
 
-	/* default options for Solaris shares */
+	/* no_subtree_check - Default as of nfs-utils v1.1.0 */
 	(void) add_linux_shareopt(plinux_opts, "no_subtree_check", NULL);
-	(void) add_linux_shareopt(plinux_opts, "no_root_squash", NULL);
+
+	/* mountpoint - Restrict exports to ZFS mountpoints */
 	(void) add_linux_shareopt(plinux_opts, "mountpoint", NULL);
 
 	rc = foreach_nfs_shareopt(shareopts, get_linux_shareopts_cb,
diff --git a/man/man8/zfs.8 b/man/man8/zfs.8
index ee7a111ed..e391b9810 100644
--- a/man/man8/zfs.8
+++ b/man/man8/zfs.8
@@ -1993,7 +1993,7 @@ If the property is set to
 .Sy on ,
 the dataset is shared using the default options:
 .Pp
-.Em sec=sys,rw,crossmnt,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash
+.Em sec=sys,rw,crossmnt,no_subtree_check
 .Pp
 See
 .Xr exports 5