diff --git a/doc/examples/avio_reading.c b/doc/examples/avio_reading.c
index 9a1a6d2b60..45dbd4725a 100644
--- a/doc/examples/avio_reading.c
+++ b/doc/examples/avio_reading.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  *
  * Make libavformat demuxer access media content through a custom
  * AVIOContext read callback.
- * @example doc/examples/avio_reading.c
+ * @example avio_reading.c
  */
 
 #include <libavcodec/avcodec.h>
diff --git a/doc/examples/demuxing_decoding.c b/doc/examples/demuxing_decoding.c
index 0ef5df7676..077fc87b5b 100644
--- a/doc/examples/demuxing_decoding.c
+++ b/doc/examples/demuxing_decoding.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  *
  * Show how to use the libavformat and libavcodec API to demux and
  * decode audio and video data.
- * @example doc/examples/demuxing_decoding.c
+ * @example demuxing_decoding.c
  */
 
 #include <libavutil/imgutils.h>
diff --git a/doc/examples/filtering_audio.c b/doc/examples/filtering_audio.c
index 2ceee6af1e..46595fb3b8 100644
--- a/doc/examples/filtering_audio.c
+++ b/doc/examples/filtering_audio.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 /**
  * @file
  * API example for audio decoding and filtering
- * @example doc/examples/filtering_audio.c
+ * @example filtering_audio.c
  */
 
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/doc/examples/filtering_video.c b/doc/examples/filtering_video.c
index 67c8a8bc10..8d595735b3 100644
--- a/doc/examples/filtering_video.c
+++ b/doc/examples/filtering_video.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 /**
  * @file
  * API example for decoding and filtering
- * @example doc/examples/filtering_video.c
+ * @example filtering_video.c
  */
 
 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600 /* for usleep */
diff --git a/doc/examples/metadata.c b/doc/examples/metadata.c
index 9c1bcd79d9..f73c267369 100644
--- a/doc/examples/metadata.c
+++ b/doc/examples/metadata.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 /**
  * @file
  * Shows how the metadata API can be used in application programs.
- * @example doc/examples/metadata.c
+ * @example metadata.c
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/doc/examples/muxing.c b/doc/examples/muxing.c
index 9483607611..ad8e027148 100644
--- a/doc/examples/muxing.c
+++ b/doc/examples/muxing.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  *
  * Output a media file in any supported libavformat format. The default
  * codecs are used.
- * @example doc/examples/muxing.c
+ * @example muxing.c
  */
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/doc/examples/remuxing.c b/doc/examples/remuxing.c
index e58393bf53..cdb2f6b329 100644
--- a/doc/examples/remuxing.c
+++ b/doc/examples/remuxing.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  * libavformat/libavcodec demuxing and muxing API example.
  *
  * Remux streams from one container format to another.
- * @example doc/examples/remuxing.c
+ * @example remuxing.c
  */
 
 #include <libavutil/timestamp.h>
diff --git a/doc/examples/resampling_audio.c b/doc/examples/resampling_audio.c
index a15e04226b..f743cbe550 100644
--- a/doc/examples/resampling_audio.c
+++ b/doc/examples/resampling_audio.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * @example doc/examples/resampling_audio.c
+ * @example resampling_audio.c
  * libswresample API use example.
  */
 
diff --git a/doc/examples/scaling_video.c b/doc/examples/scaling_video.c
index be2c510ffa..fcb98b7489 100644
--- a/doc/examples/scaling_video.c
+++ b/doc/examples/scaling_video.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 /**
  * @file
  * libswscale API use example.
- * @example doc/examples/scaling_video.c
+ * @example scaling_video.c
  */
 
 #include <libavutil/imgutils.h>