diff --git a/ffserver.c b/ffserver.c
index 927a888980..40df9faeb8 100644
--- a/ffserver.c
+++ b/ffserver.c
@@ -273,10 +273,10 @@ static int http_receive_data(HTTPContext *c);
 static int rtsp_parse_request(HTTPContext *c);
 static void rtsp_cmd_describe(HTTPContext *c, const char *url);
 static void rtsp_cmd_options(HTTPContext *c, const char *url);
-static void rtsp_cmd_setup(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPHeader *h);
-static void rtsp_cmd_play(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPHeader *h);
-static void rtsp_cmd_pause(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPHeader *h);
-static void rtsp_cmd_teardown(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPHeader *h);
+static void rtsp_cmd_setup(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPMessageHeader *h);
+static void rtsp_cmd_play(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPMessageHeader *h);
+static void rtsp_cmd_pause(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPMessageHeader *h);
+static void rtsp_cmd_teardown(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPMessageHeader *h);
 
 /* SDP handling */
 static int prepare_sdp_description(FFStream *stream, uint8_t **pbuffer,
@@ -2628,7 +2628,7 @@ static int rtsp_parse_request(HTTPContext *c)
     char protocol[32];
     char line[1024];
     int len;
-    RTSPHeader header1, *header = &header1;
+    RTSPMessageHeader header1, *header = &header1;
 
     c->buffer_ptr[0] = '\0';
     p = c->buffer;
@@ -2811,7 +2811,7 @@ static HTTPContext *find_rtp_session(const char *session_id)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static RTSPTransportField *find_transport(RTSPHeader *h, enum RTSPLowerTransport lower_transport)
+static RTSPTransportField *find_transport(RTSPMessageHeader *h, enum RTSPLowerTransport lower_transport)
 {
     RTSPTransportField *th;
     int i;
@@ -2825,7 +2825,7 @@ static RTSPTransportField *find_transport(RTSPHeader *h, enum RTSPLowerTransport
 }
 
 static void rtsp_cmd_setup(HTTPContext *c, const char *url,
-                           RTSPHeader *h)
+                           RTSPMessageHeader *h)
 {
     FFStream *stream;
     int stream_index, port;
@@ -2996,7 +2996,7 @@ static HTTPContext *find_rtp_session_with_url(const char *url,
     return NULL;
 }
 
-static void rtsp_cmd_play(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPHeader *h)
+static void rtsp_cmd_play(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPMessageHeader *h)
 {
     HTTPContext *rtp_c;
 
@@ -3030,7 +3030,7 @@ static void rtsp_cmd_play(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPHeader *h)
     url_fprintf(c->pb, "\r\n");
 }
 
-static void rtsp_cmd_pause(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPHeader *h)
+static void rtsp_cmd_pause(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPMessageHeader *h)
 {
     HTTPContext *rtp_c;
 
@@ -3055,7 +3055,7 @@ static void rtsp_cmd_pause(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPHeader *h)
     url_fprintf(c->pb, "\r\n");
 }
 
-static void rtsp_cmd_teardown(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPHeader *h)
+static void rtsp_cmd_teardown(HTTPContext *c, const char *url, RTSPMessageHeader *h)
 {
     HTTPContext *rtp_c;
     char session_id[32];
diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.c b/libavformat/rtsp.c
index d991a9de72..a7bd0199ff 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.c
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static void rtsp_parse_range(int *min_ptr, int *max_ptr, const char **pp)
 }
 
 /* XXX: only one transport specification is parsed */
-static void rtsp_parse_transport(RTSPHeader *reply, const char *p)
+static void rtsp_parse_transport(RTSPMessageHeader *reply, const char *p)
 {
     char transport_protocol[16];
     char profile[16];
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ static void rtsp_parse_transport(RTSPHeader *reply, const char *p)
     }
 }
 
-void rtsp_parse_line(RTSPHeader *reply, const char *buf)
+void rtsp_parse_line(RTSPMessageHeader *reply, const char *buf)
 {
     const char *p;
 
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ static void rtsp_skip_packet(AVFormatContext *s)
 }
 
 static void rtsp_send_cmd(AVFormatContext *s,
-                          const char *cmd, RTSPHeader *reply,
+                          const char *cmd, RTSPMessageHeader *reply,
                           unsigned char **content_ptr)
 {
     RTSPState *rt = s->priv_data;
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ make_setup_request (AVFormatContext *s, const char *host, int port,
     RTSPState *rt = s->priv_data;
     int j, i, err, interleave = 0;
     RTSPStream *rtsp_st;
-    RTSPHeader reply1, *reply = &reply1;
+    RTSPMessageHeader reply1, *reply = &reply1;
     char cmd[2048];
     const char *trans_pref;
 
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ static int rtsp_read_header(AVFormatContext *s,
     char host[1024], path[1024], tcpname[1024], cmd[2048], *option_list, *option;
     URLContext *rtsp_hd;
     int port, ret, err;
-    RTSPHeader reply1, *reply = &reply1;
+    RTSPMessageHeader reply1, *reply = &reply1;
     unsigned char *content = NULL;
     int lower_transport_mask = 0;
     char real_challenge[64];
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ static int rtsp_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s,
 
     if (rt->server_type == RTSP_SERVER_REAL) {
         int i;
-        RTSPHeader reply1, *reply = &reply1;
+        RTSPMessageHeader reply1, *reply = &reply1;
         enum AVDiscard cache[MAX_STREAMS];
         char cmd[1024];
 
@@ -1421,7 +1421,7 @@ static int rtsp_read_packet(AVFormatContext *s,
 static int rtsp_read_play(AVFormatContext *s)
 {
     RTSPState *rt = s->priv_data;
-    RTSPHeader reply1, *reply = &reply1;
+    RTSPMessageHeader reply1, *reply = &reply1;
     char cmd[1024];
 
     av_log(s, AV_LOG_DEBUG, "hello state=%d\n", rt->state);
@@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ static int rtsp_read_play(AVFormatContext *s)
 static int rtsp_read_pause(AVFormatContext *s)
 {
     RTSPState *rt = s->priv_data;
-    RTSPHeader reply1, *reply = &reply1;
+    RTSPMessageHeader reply1, *reply = &reply1;
     char cmd[1024];
 
     rt = s->priv_data;
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ static int rtsp_read_seek(AVFormatContext *s, int stream_index,
 static int rtsp_read_close(AVFormatContext *s)
 {
     RTSPState *rt = s->priv_data;
-    RTSPHeader reply1, *reply = &reply1;
+    RTSPMessageHeader reply1, *reply = &reply1;
     char cmd[1024];
 
 #if 0
diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.h b/libavformat/rtsp.h
index 48df0feac8..94ee719519 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.h
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ typedef struct RTSPTransportField {
     enum RTSPLowerTransport lower_transport;
 } RTSPTransportField;
 
-typedef struct RTSPHeader {
+typedef struct RTSPMessageHeader {
     int content_length;
     enum RTSPStatusCode status_code; /**< response code from server */
     int nb_transports;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ typedef struct RTSPHeader {
     char session_id[512];
     char real_challenge[64]; /**< the RealChallenge1 field from the server */
     char server[64];
-} RTSPHeader;
+} RTSPMessageHeader;
 
 enum RTSPClientState {
     RTSP_STATE_IDLE,
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ typedef struct RTSPStream {
 } RTSPStream;
 
 int rtsp_init(void);
-void rtsp_parse_line(RTSPHeader *reply, const char *buf);
+void rtsp_parse_line(RTSPMessageHeader *reply, const char *buf);
 
 #if LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_INT < (53 << 16)
 extern int rtsp_default_protocols;