diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index bd1b0b89ec..344b3e56b6 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ libavutil:     2013-12-xx
 
 API changes, most recent first:
 
+2014-08-xx - xxxxxxx - lavc 55.57.3 - avcodec.h
+  reordered_opaque is not going to be removed in the future.
+
 2014-08-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 53.22.0 - pixfmt.h
   Add AV_PIX_FMT_YA16 pixel format for 16 bit packed gray with alpha.
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 3569ac15d1..0cc81749b0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -2413,7 +2413,6 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext {
     /**
      * opaque 64bit number (generally a PTS) that will be reordered and
      * output in AVFrame.reordered_opaque
-     * @deprecated in favor of pkt_pts
      * - encoding: unused
      * - decoding: Set by user.
      */
diff --git a/libavcodec/version.h b/libavcodec/version.h
index 2c22adb35d..e087da39d7 100644
--- a/libavcodec/version.h
+++ b/libavcodec/version.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR 55
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR 57
-#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO  2
+#define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MICRO  3
 
 #define LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT  AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_MINOR, \