diff --git a/pretty.lua b/pretty.lua
index 0de84c6..8653637 100644
--- a/pretty.lua
+++ b/pretty.lua
@@ -505,11 +505,34 @@ end
 
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+local KNOWN_OPTIONS = {
+    _all_function_info  = 'boolean',
+    cut_strings         = 'boolean',
+    include_closure     = 'boolean',
+    indent              = 'string',
+    math_shorthand      = 'boolean',
+    max_depth           = 'number',
+    more_function_info  = 'boolean',
+    recursion           = 'string',
+    short_builtins      = 'boolean',
+}
+
+local function ensure_that_all_options_are_known (options)
+    for option_name, option_value in pairs(options) do
+        if not KNOWN_OPTIONS[option_name] then
+            error(('[pretty]: Unknown option: %s. Was given value %s (%s)'):format(option_name, option_value, type(option_value)), 2)
+        elseif type(option_value) ~= KNOWN_OPTIONS[option_name] then
+            error(('[pretty]: Bad value given to option %s: %s (%s). Expected value of type %s'):format(option_name, option_value, type(option_value), KNOWN_OPTIONS[option_name]), 2)
+        end
+    end
+end
+
 local function pretty_format (value, options)
     local l = { visited = { next_mark = 1 } }
     l.options = options or {}
     l.options.max_depth = l.options.max_depth or math.huge
     l.options.indent    = l.options.indent    or '\t'
+    ensure_that_all_options_are_known(l.options)
     l.info = (type(value) == 'table') and analyze_structure(value) or {}
     format_value(value, nil, 0, l)
 
diff --git a/test/test_resilience.lua b/test/test_resilience.lua
index 121ed91..f6a8127 100644
--- a/test/test_resilience.lua
+++ b/test/test_resilience.lua
@@ -24,9 +24,23 @@ end
 
 local SUITE = require('TestSuite').new('resilience')
 SUITE:setEnviroment{
-    setfenv = setfenv
+    pretty  = require('pretty'),
+    setfenv = setfenv,
 }
 
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Prevent usage of unknown options.
+
+SUITE:addTest('Dont allow unknown options', function ()
+    local error_msg = bad_call(pretty, 'Hello World', { some_random_option = true })
+    assert(error_msg)
+end)
+
+SUITE:addTest('Dont allow bad types in options', function ()
+    local error_msg = bad_call(pretty, 'Hello World', { max_depth = "hello world" })
+    assert(error_msg)
+end)
+
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 SUITE:addTest('no_std_lib', function ()