diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d03a6b9ffd..96ec9a8e11 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 /doc/avoptions_codec.texi
 /doc/avoptions_format.texi
 /doc/examples/avio_reading
-/doc/examples/decoding_encoding
+/doc/examples/avcodec
 /doc/examples/demuxing_decoding
 /doc/examples/filtering_audio
 /doc/examples/filtering_video
diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 50469a16a7..b557dff30f 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ TESTPROGS += $(TESTPROGS-yes)
 LDLIBS       = $(FFLIBS:%=%$(BUILDSUF))
 FFEXTRALIBS := $(LDLIBS:%=$(LD_LIB)) $(EXTRALIBS)
 
-EXAMPLES  := $(EXAMPLES:%=$(SUBDIR)%-example$(EXESUF))
 OBJS      := $(sort $(OBJS:%=$(SUBDIR)%))
 SLIBOBJS  := $(sort $(SLIBOBJS:%=$(SUBDIR)%))
 TESTOBJS  := $(TESTOBJS:%=$(SUBDIR)%) $(TESTPROGS:%=$(SUBDIR)%-test.o)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b1e9e299fe..0ad174c718 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ COMPONENT_LIST="
 
 EXAMPLE_LIST="
     avio_reading_example
-    decoding_encoding_example
+    avcodec_example
     demuxing_decoding_example
     filtering_audio_example
     filtering_video_example
@@ -2403,7 +2403,7 @@ zmq_filter_deps="libzmq"
 
 # examples
 avio_reading="avformat avcodec avutil"
-decoding_encoding_example_deps="avcodec avutil"
+avcodec_example_deps="avcodec avutil"
 demuxing_decoding_example_deps="avcodec avformat avutil"
 filtering_audio_example_deps="avfilter avcodec avformat avutil"
 filtering_video_example_deps="avfilter avcodec avformat avutil"
diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 3334ca22cb..3dbdb15e1b 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ DOCS-$(CONFIG_TXTPAGES)  += $(TXTPAGES)
 DOCS = $(DOCS-yes)
 
 DOC_EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_AVIO_READING_EXAMPLE)      += avio_reading
-DOC_EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_DECODING_ENCODING_EXAMPLE) += decoding_encoding
+DOC_EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_AVCODEC_EXAMPLE)           += avcodec
 DOC_EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_DEMUXING_DECODING_EXAMPLE) += demuxing_decoding
 DOC_EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_FILTERING_AUDIO_EXAMPLE)   += filtering_audio
 DOC_EXAMPLES-$(CONFIG_FILTERING_VIDEO_EXAMPLE)   += filtering_video
diff --git a/doc/doxy-wrapper.sh b/doc/doxy-wrapper.sh
index da464bc6d8..13be8cb950 100755
--- a/doc/doxy-wrapper.sh
+++ b/doc/doxy-wrapper.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ shift 2
 doxygen - <<EOF
 @INCLUDE        = ${DOXYFILE}
 INPUT           = $@
-EXAMPLE_PATH    = ${SRC_PATH}/
+EXAMPLE_PATH    = ${SRC_PATH}/doc/examples
 EOF
diff --git a/doc/examples/Makefile b/doc/examples/Makefile
index f4f6c70d8c..1553bab82c 100644
--- a/doc/examples/Makefile
+++ b/doc/examples/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CFLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --cflags $(FFMPEG_LIBS)) $(CFLAGS)
 LDLIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs $(FFMPEG_LIBS)) $(LDLIBS)
 
 EXAMPLES=       avio_reading                       \
-                decoding_encoding                  \
+                avcodec                            \
                 demuxing_decoding                  \
                 filtering_video                    \
                 filtering_audio                    \
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ EXAMPLES=       avio_reading                       \
 OBJS=$(addsuffix .o,$(EXAMPLES))
 
 # the following examples make explicit use of the math library
-decoding_encoding: LDLIBS += -lm
+avcodec:           LDLIBS += -lm
 muxing:            LDLIBS += -lm
 resampling_audio:  LDLIBS += -lm
 
diff --git a/doc/examples/decoding_encoding.c b/doc/examples/avcodec.c
similarity index 99%
rename from doc/examples/decoding_encoding.c
rename to doc/examples/avcodec.c
index c3b501cf69..d56e6a480e 100644
--- a/doc/examples/decoding_encoding.c
+++ b/doc/examples/avcodec.c
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
  * @file
  * libavcodec API use example.
  *
+ * @example avcodec.c
  * Note that libavcodec only handles codecs (mpeg, mpeg4, etc...),
  * not file formats (avi, vob, mp4, mov, mkv, mxf, flv, mpegts, mpegps, etc...). See library 'libavformat' for the
  * format handling
- * @example doc/examples/decoding_encoding.c
  */
 
 #include <math.h>
diff --git a/doc/examples/transcode_aac.c b/doc/examples/transcode_aac.c
index 2d4e55a2d3..bf0128f68d 100644
--- a/doc/examples/transcode_aac.c
+++ b/doc/examples/transcode_aac.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * @file
  * simple audio converter
  *
- * @example doc/examples/transcode_aac.c
+ * @example transcode_aac.c
  * Convert an input audio file to AAC in an MP4 container using FFmpeg.
  * @author Andreas Unterweger (dustsigns@gmail.com)
  */
diff --git a/libavformat/Makefile b/libavformat/Makefile
index ff98b9b29f..3c72288586 100644
--- a/libavformat/Makefile
+++ b/libavformat/Makefile
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ SLIBOBJS-$(HAVE_GNU_WINDRES)             += avformatres.o
 
 SKIPHEADERS-$(CONFIG_FFRTMPCRYPT_PROTOCOL) += rtmpdh.h
 SKIPHEADERS-$(CONFIG_NETWORK)            += network.h rtsp.h
+
 TESTPROGS = seek                                                        \
             srtp                                                        \
             url                                                         \
diff --git a/library.mak b/library.mak
index 8bafb04717..cd39f11cfb 100644
--- a/library.mak
+++ b/library.mak
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ LIBMAJOR   := $(lib$(NAME)_VERSION_MAJOR)
 LIBMINOR   := $(lib$(NAME)_VERSION_MINOR)
 INCINSTDIR := $(INCDIR)/lib$(NAME)
 
-LIB_EXAMPLES := $(LIB_EXAMPLES) $(EXAMPLES)
 INSTHEADERS := $(INSTHEADERS) $(HEADERS:%=$(SUBDIR)%)
 
 all-$(CONFIG_STATIC): $(SUBDIR)$(LIBNAME)
@@ -43,10 +42,10 @@ install-libs-$(CONFIG_STATIC): install-lib$(NAME)-static
 install-libs-$(CONFIG_SHARED): install-lib$(NAME)-shared
 
 define RULES
-$(EXAMPLES) $(TOOLS): THISLIB = $(FULLNAME:%=$(LD_LIB))
-$(TESTPROGS):         THISLIB = $(SUBDIR)$(LIBNAME)
+$(TOOLS):     THISLIB = $(FULLNAME:%=$(LD_LIB))
+$(TESTPROGS): THISLIB = $(SUBDIR)$(LIBNAME)
 
-$(EXAMPLES) $(TESTPROGS) $(TOOLS): %$(EXESUF): %.o $(EXEOBJS)
+$(TESTPROGS) $(TOOLS): %$(EXESUF): %.o $(EXEOBJS)
 	$$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $$(LD_O) $$(filter %.o,$$^) $$(THISLIB) $(FFEXTRALIBS) $$(ELIBS)
 
 $(SUBDIR)$(SLIBNAME): $(SUBDIR)$(SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR)
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ $(SUBDIR)$(SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR): $(DEP_LIBS)
 endif
 
 clean::
-	$(RM) $(addprefix $(SUBDIR),*-example$(EXESUF) *-test$(EXESUF) $(CLEANFILES) $(CLEANSUFFIXES) $(LIBSUFFIXES)) \
+	$(RM) $(addprefix $(SUBDIR),*-test$(EXESUF) $(CLEANFILES) $(CLEANSUFFIXES) $(LIBSUFFIXES)) \
 	    $(CLEANSUFFIXES:%=$(SUBDIR)$(ARCH)/%)
 
 distclean:: clean
@@ -106,8 +105,7 @@ endef
 
 $(eval $(RULES))
 
-$(EXAMPLES) $(TOOLS): $(DEP_LIBS) $(SUBDIR)$($(CONFIG_SHARED:yes=S)LIBNAME)
-$(TESTPROGS):         $(DEP_LIBS) $(SUBDIR)$(LIBNAME)
+$(TOOLS):     $(DEP_LIBS) $(SUBDIR)$($(CONFIG_SHARED:yes=S)LIBNAME)
+$(TESTPROGS): $(DEP_LIBS) $(SUBDIR)$(LIBNAME)
 
-examples: $(EXAMPLES)
 testprogs: $(TESTPROGS)