diff --git a/docs/api/pagy.md b/docs/api/pagy.md
index c6badfd8a..8582f9445 100644
--- a/docs/api/pagy.md
+++ b/docs/api/pagy.md
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ These are the non-core variables: as for the core-variables they can be set glob
 | `:size`       | the size of the page links to show: array of initial pages, before current page, after current page, final pages. (see also [Control the page links](../how-to.md#controlling-the-page-links))_ | `[1,4,4,1]` |
 | `:page_param` | the name of the page param name used in the url. (see [Customizing the page param](../how-to.md#customizing-the-page-param)                                                                     | `:page`     |
 | `:params`     | the arbitrary param hash to add to the url. (see [Customizing the params](../how-to.md#customizing-the-params)                                                                                  | `{}`        |
-| `:anchor`     | the arbitrary anchor string (including the "#") to add to the url. (see [Customizing the page param](../how-to.md#customizing-the-params)                                                       | `nil`       |
+| `:anchor`     | the arbitrary anchor string (including the "#") to add to the url. (see [Customizing the page param](../how-to.md#customizing-the-params)                                                       | `""`       |
 | `:link_extra` | the extra attributes string (formatted as a valid HTML attribute/value pairs) added to the page links                                                                                           | `""`       |
 | `:item_path`  | the dictionary path used by the `pagy_info` method to lookup the item/model name                                                                                                                | `nil`       |
 
diff --git a/lib/pagy.rb b/lib/pagy.rb
index b18c6a543..086787f23 100644
--- a/lib/pagy.rb
+++ b/lib/pagy.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class OutOfRangeError < StandardError; end
   def self.root; Pathname.new(__FILE__).dirname end
 
   # default core vars
-  VARS = { page:1, items:20, outset:0, size:[1,4,4,1], page_param: :page, params: {}, link_extra: ''.freeze }
+  VARS = { page:1, items:20, outset:0, size:[1,4,4,1], page_param: :page, params: {}, link_extra: ''.freeze, anchor: ''.freeze }
 
   attr_reader :count, :page, :items, :vars, :pages, :last, :offset, :from, :to, :prev, :next