diff --git a/components/routing.rst b/components/routing.rst
index a46922505ea..9c9c454cd3b 100644
--- a/components/routing.rst
+++ b/components/routing.rst
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ routes with UTF-8 characters:
         class DefaultController extends AbstractController
         {
             /**
-             * @Route("/category/{name}", name="route1", options={"utf8": true})
+             * @Route("/category/{name}", name="route1", utf8=true)
              */
             public function category()
             {
@@ -411,8 +411,7 @@ routes with UTF-8 characters:
         route1:
             path:     /category/{name}
             controller: App\Controller\DefaultController::category
-            options:
-                utf8: true
+            utf8: true
 
     .. code-block:: xml
 
@@ -422,9 +421,10 @@ routes with UTF-8 characters:
             xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/routing
                 http://symfony.com/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd">
 
-            <route id="route1" path="/category/{name}" controller="App\Controller\DefaultController::category">
-                <option key="utf8">true</option>
-            </route>
+            <route id="route1"
+                path="/category/{name}"
+                controller="App\Controller\DefaultController::category"
+                utf8="true" />
         </routes>
 
     .. code-block:: php
@@ -437,12 +437,61 @@ routes with UTF-8 characters:
         return function (RoutingConfigurator $routes) {
             $routes->add('route1', '/category/{name}')
                 ->controller([DefaultController::class, 'category'])
-                ->options([
-                    'utf8' => true,
-                ])
+                ->utf8()
             ;
         };
 
+.. versionadded:: 4.3
+
+    The ``utf8`` shortcut has been introduced in Symfony 4.3.
+    Before you has to use the ``options`` setting to define
+    this value:
+
+    .. configuration-block::
+
+        .. code-block:: php-annotations
+
+            route1:
+                path:     /category/{name}
+                controller: App\Controller\DefaultController::category
+                options: { utf8: true }
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+        route1:
+            path:     /category/{name}
+            controller: App\Controller\DefaultController::category
+            utf8: true
+
+        .. code-block:: xml
+
+            <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+            <routes xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/routing"
+                xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+                xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/routing
+                    http://symfony.com/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd">
+
+                <route id="route1"
+                    path="/category/{name}"
+                    controller="App\Controller\DefaultController::category" >
+                    <option key="utf8">true</option>
+                </route>
+            </routes>
+
+        .. code-block:: php
+
+            // config/routes.php
+            namespace Symfony\Component\Routing\Loader\Configurator;
+
+            use App\Controller\DefaultController;
+
+            return function (RoutingConfigurator $routes) {
+                $routes->add('route1', '/category/{name}')
+                    ->controller([DefaultController::class, 'category'])
+                    ->options(['utf8' => true])
+                ;
+            };
+
 In this route, the ``utf8`` option set to ``true`` makes Symfony consider the
 ``.`` requirement to match any UTF-8 characters instead of just a single
 byte character. This means that so the following URLs would match:
@@ -467,7 +516,7 @@ You can also include UTF-8 strings as routing requirements:
              *     "/category/{name}",
              *     name="route2",
              *     defaults={"name"="한국어"},
-             *     options={"utf8": true}
+             *     utf8=true
              * )
              */
             public function category()
@@ -482,8 +531,7 @@ You can also include UTF-8 strings as routing requirements:
             controller: 'App\Controller\DefaultController::category'
             defaults:
                 name: "한국어"
-            options:
-                utf8: true
+            utf8: true
 
     .. code-block:: xml
 
@@ -493,9 +541,11 @@ You can also include UTF-8 strings as routing requirements:
             xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/routing
                 http://symfony.com/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd">
 
-            <route id="route2" path="/category/{name}" controller="App\Controller\DefaultController::category">
+            <route id="route2"
+                path="/category/{name}"
+                controller="App\Controller\DefaultController::category"
+                utf8="true" >
                 <default key="name">한국어</default>
-                <option key="utf8">true</option>
             </route>
         </routes>
 
@@ -512,9 +562,7 @@ You can also include UTF-8 strings as routing requirements:
                 ->defaults([
                     'name' => '한국어',
                 ])
-                ->options([
-                    'utf8' => true,
-                ])
+                ->utf8()
             ;
         };
 
diff --git a/routing.rst b/routing.rst
index 10e708d829e..357fc5f36a6 100644
--- a/routing.rst
+++ b/routing.rst
@@ -623,7 +623,10 @@ With all of this in mind, check out this advanced example:
             /**
              * @Route(
              *     "/articles/{_locale}/{year}/{slug}.{_format}",
-             *     defaults={"_format": "html"},
+             *     defaults={
+             *         "_locale": "en",
+             *         "_format": "html"
+             *     },
              *     requirements={
              *         "_locale": "en|fr",
              *         "_format": "html|rss",
@@ -643,6 +646,7 @@ With all of this in mind, check out this advanced example:
           path:     /articles/{_locale}/{year}/{slug}.{_format}
           controller: App\Controller\ArticleController::show
           defaults:
+              _locale: en
               _format: html
           requirements:
               _locale:  en|fr
@@ -662,6 +666,7 @@ With all of this in mind, check out this advanced example:
                 path="/articles/{_locale}/{year}/{slug}.{_format}"
                 controller="App\Controller\ArticleController::show">
 
+                <default key="_locale">en</default>
                 <default key="_format">html</default>
                 <requirement key="_locale">en|fr</requirement>
                 <requirement key="_format">html|rss</requirement>
@@ -681,6 +686,7 @@ With all of this in mind, check out this advanced example:
             $routes->add('article_show', '/articles/{_locale}/{year}/{slug}.{_format}')
                 ->controller([ArticleController::class, 'show'])
                 ->defaults([
+                    '_locale' => 'en',
                     '_format' => 'html',
                 ])
                 ->requirements([
@@ -739,6 +745,91 @@ that are special: each adds a unique piece of functionality inside your applicat
 ``_locale``
     Used to set the locale on the request (:ref:`read more <translation-locale-url>`).
 
+You can also use special attributes to configure them (except ``_fragment``):
+
+.. configuration-block::
+
+    .. code-block:: php-annotations
+
+        // src/Controller/ArticleController.php
+
+        // ...
+        class ArticleController extends AbstractController
+        {
+            /**
+             * @Route(
+             *     "/articles/{_locale}/search.{_format}",
+             *     locale="en",
+             *     format="html",
+             *     requirements={
+             *         "_locale": "en|fr",
+             *         "_format": "html|xml",
+             *     }
+             * )
+             */
+            public function search()
+            {
+            }
+        }
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+        # config/routes.yaml
+        article_search:
+          path:     /articles/{_locale}/search.{_format}
+          controller: App\Controller\ArticleController::search
+          locale: en
+          format: html
+          requirements:
+              _locale:  en|fr
+              _format:  html|xml
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+        <!-- config/routes.xml -->
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+        <routes xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/routing"
+            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+            xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/routing
+                http://symfony.com/schema/routing/routing-1.0.xsd">
+
+            <route id="article_search"
+                path="/articles/{_locale}/search.{_format}"
+                controller="App\Controller\ArticleController::search"
+                locale="en"
+                format="html">
+
+                <requirement key="_locale">en|fr</requirement>
+                <requirement key="_format">html|rss</requirement>
+
+            </route>
+        </routes>
+
+    .. code-block:: php
+
+        // config/routes.php
+        namespace Symfony\Component\Routing\Loader\Configurator;
+
+        use App\Controller\ArticleController;
+
+        return function (RoutingConfigurator $routes) {
+            $routes->add('article_show', '/articles/{_locale}/search.{_format}')
+                ->controller([ArticleController::class, 'search'])
+                ->locale('en')
+                ->format('html)
+                ->requirements([
+                    '_locale' => 'en|fr',
+                    '_format' => 'html|rss',
+                ])
+            ;
+        };
+
+Those attributes can also be used for imports.
+
+.. versionadded::
+
+    The special attributes has been introduced in Symfony 4.3.
+
 .. _routing-trailing-slash-redirection:
 
 Redirecting URLs with Trailing Slashes