diff --git a/DOCS/man/vo.rst b/DOCS/man/vo.rst
index 00dde1e658..69c554fa16 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/vo.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/vo.rst
@@ -832,8 +832,8 @@ Available video output drivers are:
         influence performance and quality of the video output.
         ``fmt`` can be one of: rgb, rgba, rgb8, rgb10, rgb10_a2, rgb16, rgb16f,
         rgb32f, rgba12, rgba16, rgba16f, rgba32f.
-        Default: ``auto``, which maps to rgba16 on desktop GL, and rgb10_a2 on
-        GLES (e.g. ANGLE).
+        Default: ``auto``, which maps to rgba16 on desktop GL, and rgba16f or
+        rgb10_a2 on GLES (e.g. ANGLE).
 
     ``gamma=<0.1..2.0>``
         Set a gamma value (default: 1.0). If gamma is adjusted in other ways
diff --git a/video/out/opengl/video.c b/video/out/opengl/video.c
index c646a6306a..283a7cf0e5 100644
--- a/video/out/opengl/video.c
+++ b/video/out/opengl/video.c
@@ -2421,8 +2421,11 @@ static void check_gl_features(struct gl_video *p)
     bool have_texrg = gl->mpgl_caps & MPGL_CAP_TEX_RG;
 
     if (have_fbo) {
-        if (!p->opts.fbo_format)
-            p->opts.fbo_format = gl->es ? GL_RGB10_A2 : GL_RGBA16;
+        if (!p->opts.fbo_format) {
+            p->opts.fbo_format = GL_RGBA16;
+            if (gl->es)
+                p->opts.fbo_format = have_float_tex ? GL_RGBA16F : GL_RGB10_A2;
+        }
         have_fbo = test_fbo(p);
     }