diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index b389ba21e8..7d9a6fc779 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -1802,7 +1802,7 @@ can be used to test the monowhite pixel format descriptor definition.
 
 @section scale
 
-Scale the input video to @var{width}:@var{height} and/or convert the image format.
+Scale the input video to @var{width}:@var{height}[:@var{interl}=@{1|-1@}] and/or convert the image format.
 
 The parameters @var{width} and @var{height} are expressions containing
 the following constants:
@@ -1850,6 +1850,17 @@ ratio of the input image.
 
 The default value of @var{width} and @var{height} is 0.
 
+Valid values for the optional parameter @var{interl} are:
+
+@table @option
+@item 1
+force interlaced aware scaling
+
+@item -1
+select interlaced aware scaling depending on whether the source frames
+are flagged as interlaced or not
+@end table
+
 Some examples follow:
 @example
 # scale the input video to a size of 200x100.