diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
index 0b0bd6d570..cca9a74250 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/input.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class TXTInput(InputFormatPlugin):
                    'starts a paragraph.'
                    '* unformatted: Most lines have hard line breaks, few/no blank lines or indents.')),
         OptionRecommendation(name='formatting_type', recommended_value='auto',
-            choices=['auto', 'none', 'heuristic', 'markdown'],
+            choices=['auto', 'none', 'heuristic', 'textile', 'markdown'],
             help=_('Formatting used within the document.'
                    '* auto: Automatically decide which formatting processor to use.\n'
                    '* none: Do not process the document formatting. Everything is a '