diff --git a/libavdevice/libcdio.c b/libavdevice/libcdio.c
index 16a4b26956..8bb95e6070 100644
--- a/libavdevice/libcdio.c
+++ b/libavdevice/libcdio.c
@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@ static int read_seek(AVFormatContext *ctx, int stream_index, int64_t timestamp,
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(CDIOContext, x)
 #define DEC AV_OPT_FLAG_DECODING_PARAM
 static const AVOption options[] = {
-    { "speed",              "Drive reading speed.", OFFSET(speed),         AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,   { .i64 = 0 }, 0,       INT_MAX, DEC },
-    { "paranoia_mode",      "Error recovery mode.", OFFSET(paranoia_mode), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS, { .i64 = 0 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, DEC, "paranoia_mode" },
-        { "verify",         "Verify data integrity in overlap area", 0,    AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = PARANOIA_MODE_VERIFY },    0, 0, DEC, "paranoia_mode" },
-        { "overlap",        "Perform overlapped reads.",             0,    AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = PARANOIA_MODE_OVERLAP },   0, 0, DEC, "paranoia_mode" },
-        { "neverskip",      "Do not skip failed reads.",             0,    AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = PARANOIA_MODE_NEVERSKIP }, 0, 0, DEC, "paranoia_mode" },
+    { "speed",              "set drive reading speed", OFFSET(speed),         AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,   { .i64 = 0 }, 0,       INT_MAX, DEC },
+    { "paranoia_mode",      "set error recovery mode", OFFSET(paranoia_mode), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS, { .i64 = 0 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, DEC, "paranoia_mode" },
+        { "verify",         "verify data integrity in overlap area", 0,   AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = PARANOIA_MODE_VERIFY },    0, 0, DEC, "paranoia_mode" },
+        { "overlap",        "perform overlapped reads",             0,    AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = PARANOIA_MODE_OVERLAP },   0, 0, DEC, "paranoia_mode" },
+        { "neverskip",      "do not skip failed reads",             0,    AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = PARANOIA_MODE_NEVERSKIP }, 0, 0, DEC, "paranoia_mode" },
     { NULL },
 };