diff --git a/autoload/vimwiki/vars.vim b/autoload/vimwiki/vars.vim
index f3c4f05..5e0aaed 100644
--- a/autoload/vimwiki/vars.vim
+++ b/autoload/vimwiki/vars.vim
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ function! s:read_global_settings_from_user()
       call s:check_users_value(key, users_value, value_infos, 1)
 
       let g:vimwiki_global_vars[key] = users_value
+      " Remove users_value to prevent type mismatch (E706) errors in vim <7.4.1546
+      unlet users_value
     else
       let g:vimwiki_global_vars[key] = global_settings[key].default
     endif
diff --git a/doc/vimwiki.txt b/doc/vimwiki.txt
index 4bc2c3f..8e6d359 100644
--- a/doc/vimwiki.txt
+++ b/doc/vimwiki.txt
@@ -3313,6 +3313,7 @@ Contributors and their Github usernames in roughly chronological order:
     - Patrik Willard (@padowi)
     - Steve Dondley (@sdondley)
     - Alexander Gude (@agude)
+    - Jonny Bylsma (@jbylsma)
 
 
 ==============================================================================
@@ -3331,6 +3332,7 @@ New:~
     * PR #689: Allow |vimwiki-option-diary_rel_path| to be an empty string.
     * PR #683: Improve layout and format of key binding documentation in
       README and include note about key bindings that may not work.
+    * PR #681: Prevent sticky type checking errors for old vim versions.
     * PR #675: Add option |vimwiki-option-name| to assign a per wiki name.
     * PR #661: Add option |g:vimwiki_auto_header| to automatically generate
       a level 1 header for new wiki pages.