diff --git a/man/loader.conf.xml b/man/loader.conf.xml
index 4c0355800c..ffbd897a1f 100644
--- a/man/loader.conf.xml
+++ b/man/loader.conf.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,44 @@
         <listitem><para>A glob pattern to select the default entry. The default entry
         may be changed in the boot menu itself, in which case the name of the
         selected entry will be stored as an EFI variable, overriding this option.
-        </para></listitem>
+        </para>
+
+        <table>
+          <title>Automatically detected entries will use the following names:</title>
+
+          <tgroup cols='2'>
+            <colspec colname='name' />
+            <colspec colname='expl' />
+            <thead>
+              <row>
+                <entry>Name</entry>
+                <entry>Description</entry>
+              </row>
+            </thead>
+            <tbody>
+              <row>
+                <entry>auto-efi-default</entry>
+                <entry>EFI Default Loader</entry>
+              </row>
+              <row>
+                <entry>auto-efi-shell</entry>
+                <entry>EFI Shell</entry>
+              </row>
+              <row>
+                <entry>auto-osx</entry>
+                <entry>macOS</entry>
+              </row>
+              <row>
+                <entry>auto-reboot-to-firmware-setup</entry>
+                <entry>Reboot Into Firmware Interface</entry>
+              </row>
+              <row>
+                <entry>auto-windows</entry>
+                <entry>Windows Boot Manager</entry>
+              </row>
+            </tbody>
+          </tgroup>
+        </table></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/boot/efi/boot.c b/src/boot/efi/boot.c
index 56cd4a489d..474a7e7d3f 100644
--- a/src/boot/efi/boot.c
+++ b/src/boot/efi/boot.c
@@ -1590,8 +1590,7 @@ static VOID config_default_entry_select(Config *config) {
         /*
          * The EFI variable to select the default boot entry overrides the
          * configured pattern. The variable can be set and cleared by pressing
-         * the 'd' key in the loader selection menu, the entry is marked with
-         * an '*'.
+         * the 'd' key in the loader selection menu.
          */
         err = efivar_get(LOADER_GUID, L"LoaderEntryDefault", &entry_default);
         if (!EFI_ERROR(err)) {
@@ -1615,8 +1614,6 @@ static VOID config_default_entry_select(Config *config) {
         if (config->entry_default_pattern) {
                 i = config->entry_count;
                 while (i--) {
-                        if (config->entries[i]->no_autoselect)
-                                continue;
                         if (MetaiMatch(config->entries[i]->id, config->entry_default_pattern)) {
                                 config->idx_default = i;
                                 return;