diff --git a/DOCS/man/input.rst b/DOCS/man/input.rst
index a3bad3706b..7209f508d9 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/input.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/input.rst
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ List of Input Commands
 
     The second argument is like the first argument to ``screenshot``.
 
-    This command tries to never overwrite files. If the file already exists,
-    it fails.
+    If the file already exists, it's overwritten.
 
     Like all input command parameters, the filename is subject to property
     expansion as described in `Property Expansion`_.
diff --git a/player/screenshot.c b/player/screenshot.c
index ec01adffaa..3a1a41a4ca 100644
--- a/player/screenshot.c
+++ b/player/screenshot.c
@@ -370,11 +370,6 @@ void screenshot_to_file(struct MPContext *mpctx, const char *filename, int mode,
     bool old_osd = ctx->osd;
     ctx->osd = osd;
 
-    if (mp_path_exists(filename)) {
-        screenshot_msg(ctx, SMSG_ERR, "Screenshot: file '%s' already exists.",
-                       filename);
-        goto end;
-    }
     char *ext = mp_splitext(filename, NULL);
     if (ext)
         opts.format = ext;