diff --git a/MANUAL.html b/MANUAL.html
index d4b683fec..cc22aa8c4 100644
--- a/MANUAL.html
+++ b/MANUAL.html
@@ -5143,6 +5143,7 @@ htpasswd -B htpasswd anotherUser</code></pre>
       --client-ca string                       Client certificate authority to verify clients with
       --dir-cache-time Duration                Time to cache directory entries for (default 5m0s)
       --dir-perms FileMode                     Directory permissions (default 777)
+      --disable-dir-list                       Disable HTML directory list on GET request for a directory
       --file-perms FileMode                    File permissions (default 666)
       --gid uint32                             Override the gid field set by the filesystem (not supported on Windows) (default 1000)
   -h, --help                                   help for http
diff --git a/MANUAL.md b/MANUAL.md
index 11e520ba8..8f448cbc9 100644
--- a/MANUAL.md
+++ b/MANUAL.md
@@ -10162,6 +10162,7 @@ rclone serve http remote:path [flags]
       --client-ca string                       Client certificate authority to verify clients with
       --dir-cache-time Duration                Time to cache directory entries for (default 5m0s)
       --dir-perms FileMode                     Directory permissions (default 777)
+      --disable-dir-list                       Disable HTML directory list on GET request for a directory
       --file-perms FileMode                    File permissions (default 666)
       --gid uint32                             Override the gid field set by the filesystem (not supported on Windows) (default 1000)
   -h, --help                                   help for http
diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index 0c2d0d066..8b6398f36 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -9702,6 +9702,7 @@ Options
           --client-ca string                       Client certificate authority to verify clients with
           --dir-cache-time Duration                Time to cache directory entries for (default 5m0s)
           --dir-perms FileMode                     Directory permissions (default 777)
+          --disable-dir-list                       Disable HTML directory list on GET request for a directory
           --file-perms FileMode                    File permissions (default 666)
           --gid uint32                             Override the gid field set by the filesystem (not supported on Windows) (default 1000)
       -h, --help                                   help for http
diff --git a/cmd/serve/http/http.go b/cmd/serve/http/http.go
index 5a74870af..a26a79259 100644
--- a/cmd/serve/http/http.go
+++ b/cmd/serve/http/http.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	Auth		libhttp.AuthConfig
 	HTTP		libhttp.Config
 	Template 	libhttp.TemplateConfig
-	DisableGETDir	bool
+	DisableDirList	bool
 }
 
 // DefaultOpt is the default values used for Options
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var DefaultOpt = Options{
 	Auth:		libhttp.DefaultAuthCfg(),
 	HTTP:		libhttp.DefaultCfg(),
 	Template:	libhttp.DefaultTemplateCfg(),
-	DisableGETDir:	false,
+	DisableDirList:	false,
 }
 
 // Opt is options set by command line flags
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func init() {
 	libhttp.AddTemplateFlagsPrefix(flagSet, flagPrefix, &Opt.Template)
 	vfsflags.AddFlags(flagSet)
 	proxyflags.AddFlags(flagSet)
-	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &Opt.DisableGETDir, "disable-dir-list", "", false, "Disable HTML directory list on GET request for a directory", "")
+	flagSet.BoolVarP(&Opt.DisableDirList, "disable-dir-list", "", false, "Disable HTML directory list on GET request for a directory")
 }
 
 // Command definition for cobra
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ func (s *HTTP) serveDir(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, dirRemote string
                 http.Error(w, "Internal Server Error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
             }
             return
-        } else {
+        } 
 
 
 	// Make the entries for display
diff --git a/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_http.md b/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_http.md
index 9206d6f8a..d8a1cdce8 100644
--- a/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_http.md
+++ b/docs/content/commands/rclone_serve_http.md
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ rclone serve http remote:path [flags]
       --client-ca string                       Client certificate authority to verify clients with
       --dir-cache-time Duration                Time to cache directory entries for (default 5m0s)
       --dir-perms FileMode                     Directory permissions (default 777)
+      --disable-dir-list                       Disable HTML directory list on GET request for a directory
       --file-perms FileMode                    File permissions (default 666)
       --gid uint32                             Override the gid field set by the filesystem (not supported on Windows) (default 1000)
   -h, --help                                   help for http