diff --git a/kitty/options/definition.py b/kitty/options/definition.py
index 20fb6f7f6..55c799857 100644
--- a/kitty/options/definition.py
+++ b/kitty/options/definition.py
@@ -567,6 +567,8 @@ The supported paste actions are:
     Run the filter_paste() function from the file :file:`paste-actions.py` in
     the kitty config directory on the pasted text. The text returned by the
     function will be actually pasted.
+:code:`no-op`:
+    Has no effect.
 '''
     )
 
diff --git a/kitty/options/utils.py b/kitty/options/utils.py
index ab7199a28..eb85346fa 100644
--- a/kitty/options/utils.py
+++ b/kitty/options/utils.py
@@ -940,11 +940,10 @@ def shell_integration(x: str) -> FrozenSet[str]:
 
 
 def paste_actions(x: str) -> FrozenSet[str]:
-    s = frozenset({'quote-urls-at-prompt', 'confirm', 'filter', 'confirm-if-large', 'replace-dangerous-control-codes', 'replace-newline'})
+    s = frozenset({'quote-urls-at-prompt', 'confirm', 'filter', 'confirm-if-large', 'replace-dangerous-control-codes', 'replace-newline', 'no-op'})
     q = frozenset(x.lower().split(','))
     if not q.issubset(s):
-        log_error(f'Invalid paste actions: {q - s}, ignoring')
-        return (q & s) or frozenset({'invalid'})
+        raise ValueError(f'Invalid paste actions: {q - s}, ignoring')
     return q