diff --git a/beets/config_default.yaml b/beets/config_default.yaml
index 69c22da28..27aa3d4ca 100644
--- a/beets/config_default.yaml
+++ b/beets/config_default.yaml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ match:
         original_year: no
     ignored: []
     required: []
-    ignored_media: ['Data CD', 'DVD', 'DVD-Video', 'Blu-ray', 'HD-DVD', 'VCD', 'SVCD', 'UMD', 'VHS']
+    ignored_media: []
     ignore_video_tracks: yes
     track_length_grace: 10
     track_length_max: 30
diff --git a/docs/reference/config.rst b/docs/reference/config.rst
index 8c1279b5c..24ed1340d 100644
--- a/docs/reference/config.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/config.rst
@@ -789,13 +789,16 @@ No tags are required by default.
 ignored_media
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-By default a list of release media formats considered not containing audio will
-be ignored. If you want them to be included (for example if you would like to
-consider the audio portion of DVD-Video tracks) you can alter the list
-accordingly.
+A list of media (i.e., formats) in metadata databases to ignore when matching
+music. You can use this to ignore all media that usually contain video instead
+of audio, for example::
+
+    match:
+        ignored_media: ['Data CD', 'DVD', 'DVD-Video', 'Blu-ray', 'HD-DVD',
+                        'VCD', 'SVCD', 'UMD', 'VHS']
+
+No formats are ignored by default.
 
-Default: ``['Data CD', 'DVD', 'DVD-Video', 'Blu-ray', 'HD-DVD', 'VCD', 'SVCD',
-'UMD', 'VHS']``.
 
 .. _ignore_video_tracks: