diff --git a/doc/protocols.texi b/doc/protocols.texi
index 406a431841..597693af29 100644
--- a/doc/protocols.texi
+++ b/doc/protocols.texi
@@ -92,6 +92,19 @@ HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol).
 This protocol accepts the following options:
 
 @table @option
+@item chunked_post
+If set to 1 use chunked Transfer-Encoding for posts, default is 1.
+
+@item headers
+Set custom HTTP headers, can override built in default headers. The
+value must be a string encoding the headers.
+
+@item multiple_requests
+Use persistent connections if set to 1, default is 0.
+
+@item post_data
+Set custom HTTP post data.
+
 @item user_agent
 Override the User-Agent header. If not specified a string of the form
 "Lavf/<version>" will be used.
diff --git a/libavformat/http.c b/libavformat/http.c
index cf4ccab7e0..05151eb3d0 100644
--- a/libavformat/http.c
+++ b/libavformat/http.c
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ typedef struct {
 #define DEFAULT_USER_AGENT "Lavf/" AV_STRINGIFY(LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION)
 static const AVOption options[] = {
 {"chunked_post", "use chunked transfer-encoding for posts", OFFSET(chunked_post), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 1}, 0, 1, E },
-{"headers", "custom HTTP headers, can override built in default headers", OFFSET(headers), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { 0 }, 0, 0, D|E },
+{"headers", "set custom HTTP headers, can override built in default headers", OFFSET(headers), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { 0 }, 0, 0, D|E },
 {"user_agent", "override User-Agent header", OFFSET(user_agent), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = DEFAULT_USER_AGENT}, 0, 0, D },
 {"user-agent", "override User-Agent header, for compatibility with ffmpeg", OFFSET(user_agent), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str = DEFAULT_USER_AGENT}, 0, 0, D },
 {"multiple_requests", "use persistent connections", OFFSET(multiple_requests), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, D|E },
-{"post_data", "custom HTTP post data", OFFSET(post_data), AV_OPT_TYPE_BINARY, .flags = D|E },
+{"post_data", "set custom HTTP post data", OFFSET(post_data), AV_OPT_TYPE_BINARY, .flags = D|E },
 {"mime_type", "export the MIME type", OFFSET(mime_type), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {0}, 0, 0, AV_OPT_FLAG_EXPORT | AV_OPT_FLAG_READONLY  },
 {"icy", "request ICY metadata", OFFSET(icy), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = 0}, 0, 1, D },
 {"icy_metadata_headers", "return ICY metadata headers", OFFSET(icy_metadata_headers), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {0}, 0, 0, AV_OPT_FLAG_EXPORT },