diff --git a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
index bf50912534c2e..bc00243d96d50 100644
--- a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
+++ b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Interface changes
     - change `--tscale` default to `oversample`
     - change `--dither-depth` to `auto`
     - deprecate `--profile=gpu-hq`, add `--profile=<fast|high-quality>`
+    - change `--dscale` default to `hermite`
  --- mpv 0.36.0 ---
     - add `--target-contrast`
     - Target luminance value is now also applied when ICC profile is used.
diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 49c42f37d776b..d3effe79d24d4 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -5282,13 +5282,13 @@ them.
 
     ``mitchell``
         Mitchell-Netravali. The ``B`` and ``C`` parameters can be set with
-        ``--scale-param1`` and ``--scale-param2``. This is the default for
-        ``--dscale``.
+        ``--scale-param1`` and ``--scale-param2``.
 
     ``hermite``
         Hermite spline. Similar to ``bicubic`` but with ``B`` set to ``0.0``.
         This filter has the special property of having a support of radius 1.0,
-        making it very fast in comparison, but prone to blocking.
+        making it very fast in comparison, but prone to blocking. This is the
+        default for ``--dscale``.
 
     ``catmull_rom``
         Catmull-Rom. A Cubic filter in the same vein as ``mitchell``, where
diff --git a/video/out/gpu/video.c b/video/out/gpu/video.c
index 8618e8c6ef7ee..3c8c6bae391bb 100644
--- a/video/out/gpu/video.c
+++ b/video/out/gpu/video.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static const struct gl_video_opts gl_video_opts_def = {
     .scaler = {
         {{"lanczos", .params={NAN, NAN}}, {.params = {NAN, NAN}},
          .cutoff = 0.001}, // scale
-        {{"mitchell", .params={NAN, NAN}}, {.params = {NAN, NAN}},
+        {{"hermite", .params={NAN, NAN}}, {.params = {NAN, NAN}},
          .cutoff = 0.001}, // dscale
         {{NULL, .params={NAN, NAN}}, {.params = {NAN, NAN}},
          .cutoff = 0.001}, // cscale