diff --git a/libavformat/hlsenc.c b/libavformat/hlsenc.c
index a49b594ad2..2fe07f0bf0 100644
--- a/libavformat/hlsenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/hlsenc.c
@@ -1711,9 +1711,9 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
     {"hls_enc_key_url",    "url to access the key to decrypt the segments", OFFSET(key_url),      AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = NULL},            0,       0,         E},
     {"hls_enc_iv",    "hex-coded 16 byte initialization vector", OFFSET(iv),      AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, .flags = E},
     {"hls_subtitle_path",     "set path of hls subtitles", OFFSET(subtitle_filename), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = NULL},  0, 0,    E},
-    {"hls_segment_type",     "set hls segment files type", OFFSET(segment_type), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS, {.i64 = 0 }, 0, UINT_MAX, E, "segment_type"},
-    {"fmp4",   "make segment file to fragment mp4 files in m3u8", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = SEGMENT_TYPE_FMP4 }, 0, UINT_MAX,   E, "segment_type"},
+    {"hls_segment_type",     "set hls segment files type", OFFSET(segment_type), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = SEGMENT_TYPE_MPEGTS }, 0, SEGMENT_TYPE_FMP4, E, "segment_type"},
     {"mpegts",   "make segment file to mpegts files in m3u8", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = SEGMENT_TYPE_MPEGTS }, 0, UINT_MAX,   E, "segment_type"},
+    {"fmp4",   "make segment file to fragment mp4 files in m3u8", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = SEGMENT_TYPE_FMP4 }, 0, UINT_MAX,   E, "segment_type"},
     {"hls_fmp4_init_filename", "set fragment mp4 file init filename", OFFSET(fmp4_init_filename),   AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = "init.mp4"},            0,       0,         E},
     {"hls_flags",     "set flags affecting HLS playlist and media file generation", OFFSET(flags), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS, {.i64 = 0 }, 0, UINT_MAX, E, "flags"},
     {"single_file",   "generate a single media file indexed with byte ranges", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = HLS_SINGLE_FILE }, 0, UINT_MAX,   E, "flags"},