diff --git a/doc/source/design/hide-or-forbid-modulefile.rst b/doc/source/design/hide-or-forbid-modulefile.rst
index b5d2e31a..49d6d06a 100644
--- a/doc/source/design/hide-or-forbid-modulefile.rst
+++ b/doc/source/design/hide-or-forbid-modulefile.rst
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ Specification
             - is excluded from ``module avail mod@:2`` result, even if default symbol targets it
             - is included in ``module avail mod@1.0,2.0`` result
 
-    - Included in module resolution result if ``--all`` option of ``avail``, ``is-avail``, ``whatis``, ``search`` and ``aliases`` sub-commands is set
+    - Included in module resolution result if ``--all`` option of ``avail``, ``whatis``, ``search`` and ``aliases`` sub-commands is set
+
+        - ``--all`` option does not apply to ``is-avail`` sub-command to make it coherent with ``load`` sub-command (eg. a ``is-avail mod`` returning true implies ``load mod`` effectively loading a module)
 
     - Visibility of a module targeted by a ``module-hide`` command acts similarly than for a file whose name is prefixed by a dot character on Unix platform
 
diff --git a/modulecmd.tcl.in b/modulecmd.tcl.in
index fc0db645..597b707e 100644
--- a/modulecmd.tcl.in
+++ b/modulecmd.tcl.in
@@ -9588,8 +9588,7 @@ proc parseModuleCommandArgs {cmd args} {
          }
          --all {
             # include hidden modules only on a limited set of command
-            if {[isInList [list avail aliases is-avail search whatis ml]\
-               $cmd]} {
+            if {[isInList [list avail aliases search whatis ml] $cmd]} {
                setState hiding_threshold 2
             } else {
                lappend otherargs $arg
@@ -9600,8 +9599,7 @@ proc parseModuleCommandArgs {cmd args} {
             # one of the search/listing sub-commands
             if {$cmd eq {use}} {
                set addpath_pos append
-            } elseif {[isInList [list avail aliases is-avail search whatis\
-               ml] $cmd]} {
+            } elseif {[isInList [list avail aliases search whatis ml] $cmd]} {
                setState hiding_threshold 2
             } else {
                lappend otherargs $arg
@@ -11883,7 +11881,7 @@ Listing / Searching commands:
   apropos | keyword | search [-a] [-j] str
                                     Search all name and whatis containing str
   is-loaded       [modulefile ...]  Test if any of the modulefile(s) are loaded
-  is-avail   [-a] modulefile [...]  Is any of the modulefile(s) available
+  is-avail        modulefile [...]  Is any of the modulefile(s) available
   info-loaded     modulefile        Get full name of matching loaded module(s)
 
 Collection of modules handling commands:
diff --git a/testsuite/modules.20-locate/113-hide-all-opt.exp b/testsuite/modules.20-locate/113-hide-all-opt.exp
index c75de6e5..353a8841 100644
--- a/testsuite/modules.20-locate/113-hide-all-opt.exp
+++ b/testsuite/modules.20-locate/113-hide-all-opt.exp
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ testouterr_cmd sh {-a avail -t hide3/sym} ERR "$error_msgs: Invalid command '-a'
 # no effect on selection context
 testouterr_cmd sh {load -a hide2} ERR $err_path'-a'\n$err_path'hide2'
 testouterr_cmd sh {load hide2@default --all} ERR $err_path'hide2@default'\n$err_path'--all'
+# no effect on is-avail
+testouterr_cmd sh {is-avail -a hide3} ERR {}
+testouterr_cmd sh {is-avail hide3 --all} ERR {}
 
 # test on avail
 testouterr_cmd sh {avail -a -t hide1@2:4} OK $mp:\nhide1/2.0\nhide1/2.1\nhide1/2.2\nhide1/3.0\nhide1/3.1(default)\nhide1/3.2\nhide1/4.0
@@ -72,9 +75,6 @@ testouterr_cmd_re sh {whatis hide1@3,4 -a} OK "$tserr\n\\s+hide1/3.0: hide1/3.0\
 # result starts by an extra newline, which may be caused by the errors caught when evaluating all modules
 testouterr_cmd_re sh {search -a hide3} ERR "\n$tserr\n\\s+hide3/1.0: hide3/1.0\n\\s+hide3/sub1/2.0: hide3/sub1/2.0\n\\s+hide3/sub1/3.0: hide3/sub1/3.0\n\\s+hide3/sub2/4.0: hide3/sub2/4.0\n\\s+hide3/sub2/5.0: hide3/sub2/5.0"
 
-# test on is-avail
-testouterr_cmd sh {is-avail -a hide3} OK {}
-
 # test aliases
 testouterr_cmd_re sh {aliases -a} OK "$modlin Aliases $modlin
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