diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index e6c35ab8d8..49642633f4 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@
  * cleanup.
  *
  * @section lavf_decoding_open Opening a media file
- * The minimum information required to open a file is its URL or filename, which
+ * The minimum information required to open a file is its URL, which
  * is passed to avformat_open_input(), as in the following code:
  * @code
- * const char    *url = "in.mp3";
+ * const char    *url = "file:in.mp3";
  * AVFormatContext *s = NULL;
  * int ret = avformat_open_input(&s, url, NULL, NULL);
  * if (ret < 0)
@@ -2059,7 +2059,7 @@ AVInputFormat *av_probe_input_format3(AVProbeData *pd, int is_opened, int *score
  *
  * @param pb the bytestream to probe
  * @param fmt the input format is put here
- * @param filename the filename of the stream
+ * @param url the url of the stream
  * @param logctx the log context
  * @param offset the offset within the bytestream to probe from
  * @param max_probe_size the maximum probe buffer size (zero for default)
@@ -2068,14 +2068,14 @@ AVInputFormat *av_probe_input_format3(AVProbeData *pd, int is_opened, int *score
  * AVERROR code otherwise
  */
 int av_probe_input_buffer2(AVIOContext *pb, AVInputFormat **fmt,
-                           const char *filename, void *logctx,
+                           const char *url, void *logctx,
                            unsigned int offset, unsigned int max_probe_size);
 
 /**
  * Like av_probe_input_buffer2() but returns 0 on success
  */
 int av_probe_input_buffer(AVIOContext *pb, AVInputFormat **fmt,
-                          const char *filename, void *logctx,
+                          const char *url, void *logctx,
                           unsigned int offset, unsigned int max_probe_size);
 
 /**
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ int av_probe_input_buffer(AVIOContext *pb, AVInputFormat **fmt,
  *           May be a pointer to NULL, in which case an AVFormatContext is allocated by this
  *           function and written into ps.
  *           Note that a user-supplied AVFormatContext will be freed on failure.
- * @param filename Name of the stream to open.
+ * @param url URL of the stream to open.
  * @param fmt If non-NULL, this parameter forces a specific input format.
  *            Otherwise the format is autodetected.
  * @param options  A dictionary filled with AVFormatContext and demuxer-private options.
@@ -2097,7 +2097,7 @@ int av_probe_input_buffer(AVIOContext *pb, AVInputFormat **fmt,
  *
  * @note If you want to use custom IO, preallocate the format context and set its pb field.
  */
-int avformat_open_input(AVFormatContext **ps, const char *filename, AVInputFormat *fmt, AVDictionary **options);
+int avformat_open_input(AVFormatContext **ps, const char *url, AVInputFormat *fmt, AVDictionary **options);
 
 attribute_deprecated
 int av_demuxer_open(AVFormatContext *ic);