diff --git a/alsactl/alsactl.1 b/alsactl/alsactl.1
index b7aa8af..48924c2 100644
--- a/alsactl/alsactl.1
+++ b/alsactl/alsactl.1
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ Select the configuration file to use. The default is /etc/asound.state or
 .TP
 \fI\-F, \-\-force\fP
 Used with restore command.  Try to restore the matching control elements
-as much as possible.
+as much as possible.  This option is set as default now.
+
+.TP
+\fI\-P, \-\-pedantic\fP
+Used with restore command.  Don't restore mismatching control elements.
+This option was the old default behavior.
 
 .TP
 \fI\-d, \-\-debug\fP
diff --git a/alsactl/alsactl.c b/alsactl/alsactl.c
index ef47f34..78c6cb1 100644
--- a/alsactl/alsactl.c
+++ b/alsactl/alsactl.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #define SYS_ASOUNDNAMES "/etc/asound.names"
 
 int debugflag = 0;
-int force_restore = 0;
+int force_restore = 1;
 char *command;
 
 static void help(void)
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ static void help(void)
 	printf("  -h,--help        this help\n");
 	printf("  -f,--file #      configuration file (default " SYS_ASOUNDRC " or " SYS_ASOUNDNAMES ")\n");
 	printf("  -F,--force       try to restore the matching controls as much as possible\n");
+	printf("                   (default mode)\n");
+	printf("  -P,--pedantic    don't restore mismatching controls (old default)\n");
 	printf("  -d,--debug       debug mode\n");
 	printf("  -v,--version     print version of this program\n");
 	printf("\nAvailable commands:\n");
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		{"help", 0, NULL, 'h'},
 		{"file", 1, NULL, 'f'},
 		{"force", 0, NULL, 'F'},
+		{"pedantic", 0, NULL, 'P'},
 		{"debug", 0, NULL, 'd'},
 		{"version", 0, NULL, 'v'},
 		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0},
@@ -85,6 +88,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'F':
 			force_restore = 1;
 			break;
+		case 'P':
+			force_restore = 0;
+			break;
 		case 'd':
 			debugflag = 1;
 			break;