diff --git a/beetsplug/ftintitle.py b/beetsplug/ftintitle.py
index 1060a2dd8..9303f9cfc 100644
--- a/beetsplug/ftintitle.py
+++ b/beetsplug/ftintitle.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class FtInTitlePlugin(plugins.BeetsPlugin):
 
         self._command.parser.add_option(
             u'-d', u'--drop', dest='drop',
-            action='store_true', default=False,
+            action='store_true', default=None,
             help=u'drop featuring from artists and ignore title update')
 
         if self.config['auto']:
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index a38d5504a..d09bab826 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ Fixes:
   incompatible between the source and target file formats.
   :bug:`2814`
   Thanks to :user:`autrimpo`.
+* :doc:`/plugins/ftintitle`: The ``drop`` config option had no effect; it now
+  does what it says it should do.
+  :bug:`2817`
 
 For developers: