diff --git a/doc/docs.md b/doc/docs.md
index 9d6fddb340a166..65b6a465fe0b03 100644
--- a/doc/docs.md
+++ b/doc/docs.md
@@ -1051,6 +1051,7 @@ An array can be of these types:
 | Thread       | `[]thread int`                       |
 | Reference    | `[]&f64`                             |
 | Shared       | `[]shared MyStructType`              |
+| Option       | `[]?f64`                          |
 
 **Example Code:**
 
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/containers.v b/vlib/v/parser/containers.v
index 496b0770202273..06e3bdad926143 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/containers.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/containers.v
@@ -29,13 +29,17 @@ fn (mut p Parser) array_init(is_option bool, alias_array_type ast.Type) ast.Arra
 			line_nr := p.tok.line_nr
 			p.next()
 			// []string
-			if p.tok.kind in [.name, .amp, .lsbr, .question, .key_shared]
+			if p.tok.kind in [.name, .amp, .lsbr, .question, .key_shared, .not]
 				&& p.tok.line_nr == line_nr {
 				elem_type_pos = p.tok.pos()
 				elem_type = p.parse_type()
 				// this is set here because it's a known type, others could be the
 				// result of expr so we do those in checker
 				if elem_type != 0 {
+					if elem_type.has_flag(.result) {
+						p.error_with_pos('arrays do not support storing Result values',
+							elem_type_pos)
+					}
 					idx := p.table.find_or_register_array(elem_type)
 					if elem_type.has_flag(.generic) {
 						array_type = ast.new_type(idx).set_flag(.generic)
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/tests/array_init.out b/vlib/v/parser/tests/array_init.out
index 75bdbe31a684bf..bd16e5840e4270 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/tests/array_init.out
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/tests/array_init.out
@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@ vlib/v/parser/tests/array_init.vv:2:7: warning: use `x := []Type{}` instead of `
     2 |     _ := []int
       |          ~~~~~
     3 |     _ := [1]int
-    4 | }
+    4 |     _ := []!int{}
 vlib/v/parser/tests/array_init.vv:3:7: warning: use e.g. `x := [1]Type{}` instead of `x := [1]Type`
     1 | fn main() {
     2 |     _ := []int
     3 |     _ := [1]int
       |          ~~~~~~
-    4 | }
+    4 |     _ := []!int{}
+    5 | }
+vlib/v/parser/tests/array_init.vv:4:9: error: arrays do not support storing Result values
+    2 |     _ := []int
+    3 |     _ := [1]int
+    4 |     _ := []!int{}
+      |            ^
+    5 | }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/tests/array_init.vv b/vlib/v/parser/tests/array_init.vv
index 4bbfb88ed29b83..2d1bf8d62848d8 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/tests/array_init.vv
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/tests/array_init.vv
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 fn main() {
 	_ := []int
 	_ := [1]int
+	_ := []!int{}
 }