diff --git a/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_cli.py b/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_cli.py
index e13b915a1..09645b3db 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_cli.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_cli.py
@@ -13,12 +13,8 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 import sphinx.locale
 from sphinx import __display_version__
 from sphinx.cmd.quickstart import EXTENSIONS
-from sphinx.ext.apidoc._generate import (
-    ApidocOptions,
-    create_modules_toc_file,
-    recurse_tree,
-)
-from sphinx.ext.apidoc._shared import LOGGER, _remove_old_files
+from sphinx.ext.apidoc._generate import create_modules_toc_file, recurse_tree
+from sphinx.ext.apidoc._shared import LOGGER, ApidocOptions, _remove_old_files
 from sphinx.locale import __
 from sphinx.util.osutil import ensuredir
 
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_generate.py b/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_generate.py
index e43b698ee..00701cee3 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_generate.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_generate.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import dataclasses
 import glob
 import os
 import os.path
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import re
     from collections.abc import Iterator, Sequence
 
+    from sphinx.ext.apidoc._shared import ApidocOptions
+
 
 # automodule options
 if 'SPHINX_APIDOC_OPTIONS' in os.environ:
@@ -349,37 +350,3 @@ def is_excluded(root: str | Path, excludes: Sequence[re.Pattern[str]]) -> bool:
     """
     root_str = str(root)
     return any(exclude.match(root_str) for exclude in excludes)
-
-
-@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True, kw_only=True, slots=True)
-class ApidocOptions:
-    """Options for apidoc."""
-
-    module_path: Path
-    exclude_pattern: list[str]
-    destdir: Path
-    quiet: bool = False
-    maxdepth: int = 4
-    force: bool = False
-    followlinks: bool = False
-    dryrun: bool = False
-    separatemodules: bool = False
-    includeprivate: bool = False
-    tocfile: str = 'modules'
-    noheadings: bool = False
-    modulefirst: bool = False
-    implicit_namespaces: bool = False
-    automodule_options: set[str] = dataclasses.field(default_factory=set)
-    suffix: str = 'rst'
-
-    remove_old: bool = False
-
-    # --full only
-    full: bool = False
-    append_syspath: bool = False
-    header: str = ''
-    author: str | None = None
-    version: str | None = None
-    release: str | None = None
-    extensions: list[str] | None = None
-    templatedir: str | None = None
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_shared.py b/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_shared.py
index 7489f9d3e..2473e65d3 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_shared.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/apidoc/_shared.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import dataclasses
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from sphinx.locale import __
@@ -28,3 +29,38 @@ def _remove_old_files(
                     exc.strerror,
                     type='autodoc',
                 )
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True, kw_only=True, slots=True)
+class ApidocOptions:
+    """Options for apidoc."""
+
+    module_path: Path
+    destdir: Path
+
+    exclude_pattern: Sequence[str] = ()
+    quiet: bool = False
+    maxdepth: int = 4
+    force: bool = False
+    followlinks: bool = False
+    dryrun: bool = False
+    separatemodules: bool = False
+    includeprivate: bool = False
+    tocfile: str = 'modules'
+    noheadings: bool = False
+    modulefirst: bool = False
+    implicit_namespaces: bool = False
+    automodule_options: set[str] = dataclasses.field(default_factory=set)
+    suffix: str = 'rst'
+
+    remove_old: bool = False
+
+    # --full only
+    full: bool = False
+    append_syspath: bool = False
+    header: str = ''
+    author: str | None = None
+    version: str | None = None
+    release: str | None = None
+    extensions: Sequence[str] | None = None
+    templatedir: str | None = None