diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 8b437bdfa8..50ff3ec665 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -2379,7 +2379,7 @@ Subtitles
 
 ``--sub-ass-vsfilter-blur-compat=<yes|no>``
     Scale ``\blur`` tags by video resolution instead of script resolution
-    (disabled by default). This is bug in VSFilter, which according to some,
+    (enabled by default). This is bug in VSFilter, which according to some,
     can't be fixed anymore in the name of compatibility.
 
     Note that this uses the actual video resolution for calculating the
diff --git a/options/options.c b/options/options.c
index c297200a45..a11c1114b9 100644
--- a/options/options.c
+++ b/options/options.c
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ const struct m_sub_options mp_subtitle_sub_opts = {
         .sub_scale = 1,
         .ass_vsfilter_aspect_compat = 1,
         .ass_vsfilter_color_compat = 1,
-        .ass_vsfilter_blur_compat = 0,
+        .ass_vsfilter_blur_compat = 1,
         .ass_style_override = 1,
         .ass_shaper = 1,
         .use_embedded_fonts = 1,