diff --git a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
index 179cc8d762..5bc798bd38 100644
--- a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
+++ b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Interface changes
     - remove `--vo=rpi`, `--gpu-context=rpi`, and `--hwdec=mmal`
     - add `auto` choice to `--deinterlace`
     - change `--teletext-page` default from 100 to 0 ("subtitle" in lavc)
+    - change `--hidpi-window-scale` default to `no`
  --- mpv 0.37.0 ---
     - `--save-position-on-quit` and its associated commands now store state files
       in %LOCALAPPDATA% instead of %APPDATA% directory by default on Windows.
diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 7325593e3a..32e69af7e5 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -3460,7 +3460,7 @@ Window
 
 ``--hidpi-window-scale``, ``--no-hidpi-window-scale``
     Scale the window size according to the backing DPI scale factor from the OS
-    (default: yes). For example, if the OS DPI scaling is set to 200%, mpv's window
+    (default: no). For example, if the OS DPI scaling is set to 200%, mpv's window
     size will be multiplied by 2.
 
 ``--native-fs``, ``--no-native-fs``
diff --git a/options/options.c b/options/options.c
index e6c2ce0e69..7d1babc749 100644
--- a/options/options.c
+++ b/options/options.c
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ const struct m_sub_options vo_sub_opts = {
         .auto_window_resize = true,
         .keepaspect = true,
         .keepaspect_window = true,
-        .hidpi_window_scale = true,
         .native_fs = true,
         .taskbar_progress = true,
         .border = true,