diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 88a4f66d..6b8e6f50 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ A simple disko configuration may look like this:
                 type = "filesystem";
                 format = "vfat";
                 mountpoint = "/boot";
+                mountOptions = [ "umask=0077" ];
               };
             };
             root = {
diff --git a/docs/table-to-gpt.md b/docs/table-to-gpt.md
index 7ca5d805..35af3770 100644
--- a/docs/table-to-gpt.md
+++ b/docs/table-to-gpt.md
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ for example like this:
             type = "filesystem";
             format = "vfat";
             mountpoint = "/boot";
+            mountOptions = [ "umask=0077" ];
           };
         }
         {
diff --git a/example/boot-raid1.nix b/example/boot-raid1.nix
index 39569c14..efab79ee 100644
--- a/example/boot-raid1.nix
+++ b/example/boot-raid1.nix
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
           type = "filesystem";
           format = "vfat";
           mountpoint = "/boot";
+          mountOptions = [ "umask=0077" ];
         };
       };
       raid1 = {
diff --git a/example/gpt-name-with-whitespace.nix b/example/gpt-name-with-whitespace.nix
index 22a74b57..da2e9346 100644
--- a/example/gpt-name-with-whitespace.nix
+++ b/example/gpt-name-with-whitespace.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
                 type = "filesystem";
                 format = "vfat";
                 mountpoint = "/boot";
+                mountOptions = [ "umask=0077" ];
               };
             };
             "name with spaces" = {
diff --git a/example/gpt-unformatted.nix b/example/gpt-unformatted.nix
index 871e9723..8d1629cd 100644
--- a/example/gpt-unformatted.nix
+++ b/example/gpt-unformatted.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
                 type = "filesystem";
                 format = "vfat";
                 mountpoint = "/boot";
+                mountOptions = [ "umask=0077" ];
               };
             };
             empty = {
diff --git a/example/legacy-table-with-whitespace.nix b/example/legacy-table-with-whitespace.nix
index 5eb28ab1..06219577 100644
--- a/example/legacy-table-with-whitespace.nix
+++ b/example/legacy-table-with-whitespace.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
                 type = "filesystem";
                 format = "vfat";
                 mountpoint = "/boot";
+                mountOptions = [ "umask=0077" ];
               };
             }
             {
diff --git a/example/legacy-table.nix b/example/legacy-table.nix
index b022e8ff..7eccfdd6 100644
--- a/example/legacy-table.nix
+++ b/example/legacy-table.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
                 type = "filesystem";
                 format = "vfat";
                 mountpoint = "/boot";
+                mountOptions = [ "umask=0077" ];
               };
             }
             {
diff --git a/example/luks-on-mdadm.nix b/example/luks-on-mdadm.nix
index 6a33208c..c8cc6911 100644
--- a/example/luks-on-mdadm.nix
+++ b/example/luks-on-mdadm.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
         type = "filesystem";
         format = "vfat";
         mountpoint = "/boot";
+        mountOptions = [ "umask=0077" ];
       };
     };
     raid1 = {
diff --git a/example/lvm-raid.nix b/example/lvm-raid.nix
index 2e36fff4..7b452fc8 100644
--- a/example/lvm-raid.nix
+++ b/example/lvm-raid.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
           type = "filesystem";
           format = "vfat";
           mountpoint = "/boot";
+          mountOptions = [ "umask=0077" ];
         };
       };
     };