diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index a42aa44c0c..892398501a 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -4147,14 +4147,13 @@ Demuxer
 
     This is a string list option. See `List Options`_ for details.
 
-``--autocreate-playlist=<no|any|filter|same>``
+``--autocreate-playlist=<no|filter|same>``
     When opening a local file, act as if the parent directory is opened and
     create a playlist automatically.
 
     :no:     Load a single file (default).
-    :any:    Create a playlist from the parent directory with any file type.
     :filter: Create a playlist from the parent directory with files matching
-             extensions from any list ``*-exts``.
+             ``--directory-filter-types``.
     :same:   Create a playlist from the parent directory with files matching the
              same category as the currently loaded file. One of the
              ``*-exts`` is selected based on the input file
diff --git a/demux/demux.c b/demux/demux.c
index f74836a3c3..eb79c32ef0 100644
--- a/demux/demux.c
+++ b/demux/demux.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ const struct m_sub_options demux_conf = {
             M_RANGE(0, DBL_MAX)},
         {"metadata-codepage", OPT_STRING(meta_cp)},
         {"autocreate-playlist", OPT_CHOICE(autocreate_playlist,
-            {"no", 0}, {"any", 1}, {"filter", 2}, {"same", 3})},
+            {"no", 0}, {"filter", 1}, {"same", 2})},
         {0}
     },
     .size = sizeof(struct demux_opts),
diff --git a/demux/demux_playlist.c b/demux/demux_playlist.c
index a157c05deb..ba98560d42 100644
--- a/demux/demux_playlist.c
+++ b/demux/demux_playlist.c
@@ -495,22 +495,33 @@ static bool scan_dir(struct pl_parser *p, char *path,
     return true;
 }
 
+static enum autocreate_mode get_directory_filter(struct pl_parser *p)
+{
+    enum autocreate_mode autocreate = AUTO_NONE;
+    if (!p->opts->directory_filter || !p->opts->directory_filter[0])
+        autocreate = AUTO_ANY;
+    if (str_in_list(bstr0("video"), p->opts->directory_filter))
+        autocreate |= AUTO_VIDEO;
+    if (str_in_list(bstr0("audio"), p->opts->directory_filter))
+        autocreate |= AUTO_AUDIO;
+    if (str_in_list(bstr0("image"), p->opts->directory_filter))
+        autocreate |= AUTO_IMAGE;
+    return autocreate;
+}
+
 static int parse_dir(struct pl_parser *p)
 {
     int ret = -1;
     struct stream *stream = p->real_stream;
-    int autocreate = AUTO_NONE;
+    enum autocreate_mode autocreate = AUTO_NONE;
     p->pl->playlist_dir = NULL;
     if (p->autocreate_playlist && p->real_stream->is_local_file && !p->real_stream->is_directory) {
         bstr ext = bstr_get_ext(bstr0(p->real_stream->url));
         switch (p->autocreate_playlist) {
-        case 1: // any
-            autocreate = AUTO_ANY;
+        case 1: // filter
+            autocreate = get_directory_filter(p);
             break;
-        case 2: // filter
-            autocreate = AUTO_VIDEO | AUTO_AUDIO | AUTO_IMAGE;
-            break;
-        case 3: // same
+        case 2: // same
             if (str_in_list(ext, p->mp_opts->video_exts)) {
                 autocreate = AUTO_VIDEO;
             } else if (str_in_list(ext, p->mp_opts->audio_exts)) {
@@ -530,15 +541,7 @@ static int parse_dir(struct pl_parser *p)
             p->pl->playlist_dir = bstrdup0(p->pl, dir);
         }
     } else {
-        autocreate = AUTO_NONE;
-        if (!p->opts->directory_filter || !p->opts->directory_filter[0])
-            autocreate = AUTO_ANY;
-        if (str_in_list(bstr0("video"), p->opts->directory_filter))
-            autocreate |= AUTO_VIDEO;
-        if (str_in_list(bstr0("audio"), p->opts->directory_filter))
-            autocreate |= AUTO_AUDIO;
-        if (str_in_list(bstr0("image"), p->opts->directory_filter))
-            autocreate |= AUTO_IMAGE;
+        autocreate = get_directory_filter(p);
     }
     if (!stream->is_directory)
         goto done;