diff --git a/doc/api/resources/quotas.rst b/doc/api/resources/quotas.rst
index a03a9af88..ec1b9b402 100644
--- a/doc/api/resources/quotas.rst
+++ b/doc/api/resources/quotas.rst
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ Endpoints
    :query integer page: The page number in case of a multi-page result set, default is 1
    :query string ordering: Manually set the ordering of results. Valid fields to be used are ``id`` and ``position``.
                            Default: ``position``
-   :query integer subevent: Only return quotas of the sub-event with the given ID. Can be passed multiple times to filter
-                            for multiple sub-events.
+   :query integer subevent: Only return quotas of the sub-event with the given ID.
+   :query integer subevent__in: Only return quotas of sub-events with one the given IDs (comma-separated).
    :query string with_availability: Set to ``true`` to get availability information. Can lead to increased answer times.
    :param organizer: The ``slug`` field of the organizer to fetch
    :param event: The ``slug`` field of the event to fetch
diff --git a/src/pretix/api/views/item.py b/src/pretix/api/views/item.py
index bf49f0dd3..24ae8ea1a 100644
--- a/src/pretix/api/views/item.py
+++ b/src/pretix/api/views/item.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ from pretix.api.serializers.item import (
 from pretix.api.views import ConditionalListView
 from pretix.base.models import (
     CartPosition, Item, ItemAddOn, ItemBundle, ItemCategory, ItemVariation,
-    Question, QuestionOption, Quota, SubEvent,
+    Question, QuestionOption, Quota,
 )
 from pretix.base.services.quotas import QuotaAvailability
 from pretix.helpers.dicts import merge_dicts
@@ -459,11 +459,11 @@ class QuestionOptionViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
 
 with scopes_disabled():
     class QuotaFilter(FilterSet):
-        subevent = django_filters.ModelMultipleChoiceFilter(queryset=SubEvent.objects.all())
-
         class Meta:
             model = Quota
-            fields = ['subevent']
+            fields = {
+                'subevent': ['exact', 'in'],
+            }
 
 
 class QuotaViewSet(ConditionalListView, viewsets.ModelViewSet):