diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index cd81a71748..74053e41b6 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -3783,11 +3783,6 @@ Deinterlace input video by applying Donald Graft's adaptive kernel
 deinterling. Work on interlaced parts of a video to produce
 progressive frames.
 
-This filter accepts parameters as a list of @var{key}=@var{value}
-pairs, separated by ":". If the key of the first options is omitted,
-the arguments are interpreted according to the following syntax:
-@var{thresh}:@var{map}:@var{order}:@var{sharp}:@var{twoway}.
-
 The description of the accepted parameters follows.
 
 @table @option
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.c b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
index 8864a6b8b8..3992df7b86 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
@@ -679,6 +679,7 @@ int avfilter_init_filter(AVFilterContext *filter, const char *args, void *opaque
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name, "gradfun"    ) ||
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name, "hqdn3d"     ) ||
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name,  "il"        ) ||
+        !strcmp(filter->filter->name,  "kerndeint" ) ||
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name, "ocv"        ) ||
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name, "lut"        ) ||
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name, "lutyuv"     ) ||
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_kerndeint.c b/libavfilter/vf_kerndeint.c
index 2b29bdcef9..8a44868138 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_kerndeint.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_kerndeint.c
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ static const AVFilterPad kerndeint_outputs[] = {
     { NULL }
 };
 
-static const char *const shorthand[] = { "thresh", "map", "order", "sharp", "twoway", NULL };
 
 AVFilter avfilter_vf_kerndeint = {
     .name          = "kerndeint",
@@ -318,5 +317,4 @@ AVFilter avfilter_vf_kerndeint = {
     .outputs       = kerndeint_outputs,
 
     .priv_class    = &kerndeint_class,
-    .shorthand     = shorthand,
 };