diff --git src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php
index a20bf42bc6..f266afc2c3 100644
--- src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php
@@ -179,7 +179,12 @@ class WP_Automatic_Updater {
 		 * Filters whether to automatically update core, a plugin, a theme, or a language.
 		 *
 		 * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$type`, refers to the type of update
-		 * being checked. Can be 'core', 'theme', 'plugin', or 'translation'.
+		 * being checked. Potential hook names include:
+		 *
+		 *  - `auto_update_core`
+		 *  - `auto_update_plugin`
+		 *  - `auto_update_theme`
+		 *  - `auto_update_translation`
 		 *
 		 * Generally speaking, plugins, themes, and major core versions are not updated
 		 * by default, while translations and minor and development versions for core
diff --git src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-debug-data.php src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-debug-data.php
index 2f438fb363..1a93c7e1f9 100644
--- src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-debug-data.php
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-debug-data.php
@@ -971,8 +971,9 @@ class WP_Debug_Data {
 					$item = (object) array_merge( $item, array_intersect_key( $plugin, $item ) );
 				}
 
-				/** This action is documented in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php */
-				$auto_update_forced = apply_filters( 'auto_update_plugin', null, $item );
+				$type = 'plugin';
+				/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php */
+				$auto_update_forced = apply_filters( "auto_update_{$type}", null, $item );
 
 				if ( ! is_null( $auto_update_forced ) ) {
 					$enabled = $auto_update_forced;
@@ -1114,8 +1115,9 @@ class WP_Debug_Data {
 				);
 			}
 
-			/** This action is documented in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php */
-			$auto_update_forced = apply_filters( 'auto_update_theme', null, $item );
+			$type = 'theme';
+			/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php */
+			$auto_update_forced = apply_filters( "auto_update_{$type}", null, $item );
 
 			if ( ! is_null( $auto_update_forced ) ) {
 				$enabled = $auto_update_forced;
@@ -1201,8 +1203,9 @@ class WP_Debug_Data {
 					);
 				}
 
-				/** This action is documented in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php */
-				$auto_update_forced = apply_filters( 'auto_update_theme', null, $item );
+				$type = 'theme';
+				/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php */
+				$auto_update_forced = apply_filters( "auto_update_{$type}", null, $item );
 
 				if ( ! is_null( $auto_update_forced ) ) {
 					$enabled = $auto_update_forced;
@@ -1290,8 +1293,9 @@ class WP_Debug_Data {
 					);
 				}
 
-				/** This action is documented in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php */
-				$auto_update_forced = apply_filters( 'auto_update_theme', null, $item );
+				$type = 'theme';
+				/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php */
+				$auto_update_forced = apply_filters( "auto_update_{$type}", null, $item );
 
 				if ( ! is_null( $auto_update_forced ) ) {
 					$enabled = $auto_update_forced;
diff --git src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php
index ff7a90b222..b90cab9c43 100644
--- src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugins-list-table.php
@@ -231,8 +231,9 @@ class WP_Plugins_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 			);
 			$filter_payload = (object) array_merge( $filter_payload, array_intersect_key( $plugin_data, $filter_payload ) );
 
-			/** This action is documented in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php */
-			$auto_update_forced = apply_filters( 'auto_update_plugin', null, $filter_payload );
+			$type = 'plugin';
+			/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php */
+			$auto_update_forced = apply_filters( "auto_update_{$type}", null, $filter_payload );
 			if ( ! is_null( $auto_update_forced ) ) {
 				$plugin_data['auto-update-forced'] = $auto_update_forced;
 			}
diff --git src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php
index f20bc947c3..865b786139 100644
--- src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php
@@ -2372,10 +2372,14 @@ class WP_Site_Health {
 			'requires_php' => '5.6.20',
 		);
 
+		$type = 'plugin';
 		/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php */
-		$test_plugins_enabled = apply_filters( 'auto_update_plugin', true, $mock_plugin );
+		$test_plugins_enabled = apply_filters( "auto_update_{$type}", true, $mock_plugin );
+
+		$type = 'theme';
 		/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php */
-		$test_themes_enabled    = apply_filters( 'auto_update_theme', true, $mock_theme );
+		$test_themes_enabled = apply_filters( "auto_update_{$type}", true, $mock_theme );
+
 		$ui_enabled_for_plugins = wp_is_auto_update_enabled_for_type( 'plugin' );
 		$ui_enabled_for_themes  = wp_is_auto_update_enabled_for_type( 'theme' );
 		$plugin_filter_present  = has_filter( 'auto_update_plugin' );
diff --git src/wp-admin/includes/theme.php src/wp-admin/includes/theme.php
index 67d557096c..21730339cd 100644
--- src/wp-admin/includes/theme.php
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/theme.php
@@ -716,8 +716,9 @@ function wp_prepare_themes_for_js( $themes = null ) {
 			);
 		}
 
-		/** This action is documented in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php */
-		$auto_update_forced = apply_filters( 'auto_update_theme', null, $auto_update_filter_payload );
+		$type = 'theme';
+		/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-automatic-updater.php */
+		$auto_update_forced = apply_filters( "auto_update_{$type}", null, $auto_update_filter_payload );
 
 		$prepared_themes[ $slug ] = array(
 			'id'             => $slug,