diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/widgets.py b/django/contrib/admin/widgets.py
index 7851a298ed..e3480e0978 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/widgets.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/widgets.py
@@ -494,13 +494,13 @@ class AutocompleteMixin:
 
     url_name = "%s:autocomplete"
 
-    def __init__(self, field, admin_site, attrs=None, choices=(), using=None):
+    def __init__(self, field, admin_site, attrs=None, choices=(), using=None, option_attrs=None):
         self.field = field
         self.admin_site = admin_site
         self.db = using
         self.choices = choices
         self.attrs = {} if attrs is None else attrs.copy()
-        self.option_attrs = {}
+        self.option_attrs = {} if option_attrs is None else option_attrs.copy()
         self.i18n_name = get_select2_language()
 
     def get_url(self):
diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt b/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt
index 306a67ffe7..793c347a02 100644
--- a/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/forms/widgets.txt
@@ -764,14 +764,14 @@ that specifies the template used to render each choice. For example, for the
         .. versionadded:: 5.2
 
         An optional dictionary containing option-specific HTML attributes to
-        be set on the rendered widget.
+        be set on the options of the rendered widget.
 
         .. code-block:: pycon
 
-            >>> from django.forms.widgets import RadioSelect
-            >>> widget = RadioSelect(choices=(("J", "John"),), option_attrs={"class": "special"})
+            >>> from django.forms.widgets import Select
+            >>> widget = Select(choices=(("J", "John"),), option_attrs={"class": "special"})
             >>> widget.render(name="beatle", value=["J"])
-            '<div><div>\n    <label><input type="radio" name="beatle" value="J" class="special" checked>\n John</label>\n\n</div>\n</div>'
+            '<select name="beatle">\n  <option value="J" class="special" selected>John</option>\n\n</select>'
 
 ``NullBooleanSelect``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tests/admin_widgets/test_autocomplete_widget.py b/tests/admin_widgets/test_autocomplete_widget.py
index ec0823a0da..fb17f71d8c 100644
--- a/tests/admin_widgets/test_autocomplete_widget.py
+++ b/tests/admin_widgets/test_autocomplete_widget.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class AlbumForm(forms.ModelForm):
                 Album._meta.get_field("band"),
                 admin.site,
                 attrs={"class": "my-class"},
+                option_attrs={"data-test": "custom", "class": "other"},
             ),
             "featuring": AutocompleteSelect(
                 Album._meta.get_field("featuring"),
@@ -196,3 +197,18 @@ class AutocompleteMixinTests(TestCase):
                         AutocompleteSelect(rel, admin.site).media._js,
                         list(expected_files),
                     )
+
+    def test_option_attrs(self):
+        beatles = Band.objects.create(name="The Beatles", style="rock")
+        form = AlbumForm(initial={"band": beatles.uuid})
+        widget = form["band"].field.widget.render(name="my_field", value=beatles.uuid)
+        self.assertInHTML(
+            f'<option value="{beatles.uuid}" data-test="custom" '
+            'class="other admin-autocomplete" data-ajax--cache="true" '
+            'data-ajax--delay="250" data-ajax--type="GET" '
+            'data-ajax--url="/autocomplete/" data-app-label="admin_widgets" '
+            'data-model-name="album" data-field-name="band" '
+            'data-theme="admin-autocomplete" data-allow-clear="false" '
+            'data-placeholder="" lang="en" selected>The Beatles</option>',
+            widget,
+        )