diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
index 6c958583993a..cf3309a8f4e5 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-1909.xml
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@
       and <option>services.limesurvey.virtualHost</option> options.
     </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+    <para>
+      The setopt declarations will be evaluated at the end of <literal>/etc/zshrc</literal>, so any code in <xref linkend="opt-programs.zsh.interactiveShellInit" />,
+      <xref linkend="opt-programs.zsh.loginShellInit" /> and <xref linkend="opt-programs.zsh.promptInit" /> may break if it relies on those options being set.
+    </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/zsh/zsh.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/zsh/zsh.nix
index bdb37eae23ef..bd1a77680663 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/zsh/zsh.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/zsh/zsh.nix
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ in
         HISTSIZE=${toString cfg.histSize}
         HISTFILE=${cfg.histFile}
 
-        ${optionalString (cfg.setOptions != []) "setopt ${concatStringsSep " " cfg.setOptions}"}
-
         HELPDIR="${pkgs.zsh}/share/zsh/$ZSH_VERSION/help"
 
         # Tell zsh how to find installed completions
@@ -209,6 +207,8 @@ in
 
         ${cfg.interactiveShellInit}
 
+        ${optionalString (cfg.setOptions != []) "setopt ${concatStringsSep " " cfg.setOptions}"}
+
         ${zshAliases}
 
         ${cfg.promptInit}