diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index ecb2c77383..2766a8dbd0 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ Video
     .. note::
 
         Use the ``Ctrl+h`` shortcut to toggle hardware decoding at runtime. It
-        toggles this option between ``auto`` and ``no``.
+        toggles this option between ``auto-safe`` and ``no``.
 
         If you decide you want to use hardware decoding by default, the general
         recommendation is to try out decoding with the command line option, and
@@ -1248,9 +1248,9 @@ Video
     special values:
 
     :no:        always use software decoding (default)
+    :auto-safe: enable any whitelisted hw decoder (see below)
     :auto:      forcibly enable any hw decoder found (see below)
     :yes:       exactly the same as ``auto``
-    :auto-safe: enable any whitelisted hw decoder (see below)
     :auto-copy: enable best hw decoder with copy-back (see below)
 
     .. note::
diff --git a/etc/input.conf b/etc/input.conf
index 76c246a4fc..837758c987 100644
--- a/etc/input.conf
+++ b/etc/input.conf
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 #L cycle-values loop-file "inf" "no"    # toggle infinite looping
 #ctrl+c quit 4
 #DEL script-binding osc/visibility      # cycle OSC visibility between never, auto (mouse-move) and always
-#ctrl+h cycle-values hwdec "auto" "no"  # toggle hardware decoding
+#ctrl+h cycle-values hwdec "auto-safe" "no"  # toggle hardware decoding
 #F8 show-text ${playlist}               # show the playlist
 #F9 show-text ${track-list}             # show the list of video, audio and sub tracks