diff --git a/docs/config.md b/docs/config.md
index c14746d932fb9c573560363d2c73ecd5769e7766..ce37084b9ac710105e7c65a395bac6a75666fb8f 100644
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Note: `strip_exif` has been replaced by `Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Mogrify`.
 
 ## Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Mogrify
 
-* `args`: List of actions for the `mogrify` command like `"strip"` or `["strip", {"impode", "1"}]`.
+* `args`: List of actions for the `mogrify` command like `"strip"` or `["strip", "auto-orient", {"impode", "1"}]`.
 
 ## Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Dedupe
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/upload.ex b/lib/pleroma/upload.ex
index 0a19e737bbd18d77377eb5857291c08bded1c65f..ce2a1b69633344607415767f4d58bb9ffdfda8af 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/upload.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/upload.ex
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Upload do
 
           :pleroma, Pleroma.Upload, [filters: [Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Mogrify]]
 
-          :pleroma, Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Mogrify, args: "strip"
+          :pleroma, Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Mogrify, args: ["strip", "auto-orient"]
         """)
 
-        Pleroma.Config.put([Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Mogrify], args: "strip")
+        Pleroma.Config.put([Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Mogrify], args: ["strip", "auto-orient"])
         Map.put(opts, :filters, opts.filters ++ [Pleroma.Upload.Filter.Mogrify])
       else
         opts