diff --git a/doc/adapter-api.txt b/doc/adapter-api.txt
index 4dbf879..97462a3 100644
--- a/doc/adapter-api.txt
+++ b/doc/adapter-api.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@ Methods		void StartDiscovery()
 
 			When discovery filter is set, Device objects will be
 			created as new devices with matching criteria are
-			discovered. PropertiesChanged signals will be emitted
+			discovered regardless of they are connectable or
+			discoverable which enables listening to
+			non-connectable and non-discoverable devices.
+
+			PropertiesChanged signals will be emitted
 			for already existing Device objects, with updated RSSI
 			value. If one or more discovery filters have been set,
 			the RSSI delta-threshold, that is imposed by
diff --git a/src/adapter.c b/src/adapter.c
index f4fbf82..5499bfc 100644
--- a/src/adapter.c
+++ b/src/adapter.c
@@ -5451,7 +5451,7 @@ static void update_found_devices(struct btd_adapter *adapter,
 	memset(&eir_data, 0, sizeof(eir_data));
 	eir_parse(&eir_data, data, data_len);
 
-	if (bdaddr_type == BDADDR_BREDR)
+	if (bdaddr_type == BDADDR_BREDR || adapter->filtered_discovery)
 		discoverable = true;
 	else
 		discoverable = eir_data.flags & (EIR_LIM_DISC | EIR_GEN_DISC);