diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_crop.c b/libavfilter/vf_crop.c
index a342e9b4bf..f9ffc8e262 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_crop.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_crop.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static const AVFilterPad avfilter_vf_crop_outputs[] = {
 
 AVFilter avfilter_vf_crop = {
     .name          = "crop",
-    .description   = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Crop the input video to width:height:x:y."),
+    .description   = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Crop the input video."),
     .priv_size     = sizeof(CropContext),
     .priv_class    = &crop_class,
     .query_formats = query_formats,
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_pad.c b/libavfilter/vf_pad.c
index 45b32e662c..823c6f0ecd 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_pad.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_pad.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ static const AVFilterPad avfilter_vf_pad_outputs[] = {
 
 AVFilter avfilter_vf_pad = {
     .name          = "pad",
-    .description   = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Pad input image to width:height[:x:y[:color]] (default x and y: 0, default color: black)."),
+    .description   = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Pad the input video."),
     .priv_size     = sizeof(PadContext),
     .priv_class    = &pad_class,
     .query_formats = query_formats,
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_scale.c b/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
index 9115c23567..21c9d13e0b 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_scale.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ static const AVFilterPad avfilter_vf_scale_outputs[] = {
 
 AVFilter avfilter_vf_scale = {
     .name          = "scale",
-    .description   = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Scale the input video to width:height size and/or convert the image format."),
+    .description   = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Scale the input video size and/or convert the image format."),
     .init_dict     = init_dict,
     .uninit        = uninit,
     .query_formats = query_formats,