diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/dialoguebindings.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/dialoguebindings.cpp
index 42a1a0b4b0..e126bf0e82 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/dialoguebindings.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/dialoguebindings.cpp
@@ -320,12 +320,12 @@ namespace
                   return rec.mData.mDisposition;
               });
         recordInfoBindingsClass["filterActorGender"]
-            = sol::readonly_property([](const ESM::DialInfo& rec) -> sol::optional<int> {
+            = sol::readonly_property([](const ESM::DialInfo& rec) -> sol::optional<std::string_view> {
                   if (rec.mData.mType == ESM::Dialogue::Type::Journal || rec.mData.mGender == -1)
                   {
                       return sol::nullopt;
                   }
-                  return rec.mData.mGender;
+                  return sol::optional<std::string_view>(rec.mData.mGender == 0 ? "male" : "female");
               });
         recordInfoBindingsClass["filterPlayerFaction"]
             = sol::readonly_property([](const ESM::DialInfo& rec) -> sol::optional<std::string> {
diff --git a/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua b/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua
index 5fc820dedf..1d28125cd4 100644
--- a/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua
+++ b/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua
@@ -1087,9 +1087,9 @@
 -- @field [parent=#DialogueRecordInfo] #number filterActorDisposition
 
 ---
--- Speaker gender allowing for this info entry to appear: 1 if female, 0 if male.
+-- Speaker gender allowing for this info entry to appear: "male" or "female".
 -- Always nil for journal records. Otherwise the nil value represents no conditions, i.e. no filtering applied using these criteria.
--- @field [parent=#DialogueRecordInfo] #number filterActorGender
+-- @field [parent=#DialogueRecordInfo] #string filterActorGender
 
 ---
 -- Faction of which the player must be a member for this info entry to appear.