diff --git a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
index b037588558..69cf0021a2 100644
--- a/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
+++ b/DOCS/interface-changes.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Interface changes
 ::
 
  --- mpv 0.10.0 will be released ---
+    - deprecate "audio-format" property, replaced with "audio-codec-name"
     - deprecate --media-title, replaced with --force-media-title
     - deprecate "length" property, replaced with "duration"
     - change volume property:
diff --git a/DOCS/man/input.rst b/DOCS/man/input.rst
index 09cbe8b718..57823497ad 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/input.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/input.rst
@@ -1143,12 +1143,12 @@ Property list
 ``audio-delay`` (RW)
     See ``--audio-delay``.
 
-``audio-format``
-    Audio format as string.
-
 ``audio-codec``
     Audio codec selected for decoding.
 
+``audio-codec-name``
+    Audio codec.
+
 ``audio-samplerate``
     Audio samplerate.
 
diff --git a/player/command.c b/player/command.c
index 168c1f8394..209bcac56b 100644
--- a/player/command.c
+++ b/player/command.c
@@ -1639,8 +1639,8 @@ static int mp_property_audio_delay(void *ctx, struct m_property *prop,
 }
 
 /// Audio codec tag (RO)
-static int mp_property_audio_format(void *ctx, struct m_property *prop,
-                                    int action, void *arg)
+static int mp_property_audio_codec_name(void *ctx, struct m_property *prop,
+                                        int action, void *arg)
 {
     MPContext *mpctx = ctx;
     const char *c = mpctx->d_audio ? mpctx->d_audio->header->codec : NULL;
@@ -3346,7 +3346,7 @@ static const struct m_property mp_properties[] = {
     {"volume", mp_property_volume},
     {"mute", mp_property_mute},
     {"audio-delay", mp_property_audio_delay},
-    {"audio-format", mp_property_audio_format},
+    {"audio-codec-name", mp_property_audio_codec_name},
     {"audio-codec", mp_property_audio_codec},
     {"audio-samplerate", mp_property_samplerate},
     {"audio-channels", mp_property_channels},
@@ -3482,6 +3482,8 @@ static const struct m_property mp_properties[] = {
     M_PROPERTY_ALIAS("colormatrix-primaries", "video-params/primaries"),
     M_PROPERTY_ALIAS("colormatrix-gamma", "video-params/gamma"),
 
+    M_PROPERTY_DEPRECATED_ALIAS("audio-format", "audio-codec-name"),
+
     {0},
 };
 
@@ -3509,7 +3511,7 @@ static const char *const *const mp_event_property_change[] = {
       "colormatrix-output-range", "colormatrix-primaries"),
     E(MPV_EVENT_AUDIO_RECONFIG, "audio-format", "audio-codec", "audio-bitrate",
       "samplerate", "channels", "audio", "volume", "mute", "balance",
-      "volume-restore-data", "current-ao"),
+      "volume-restore-data", "current-ao", "audio-codec-name"),
     E(MPV_EVENT_SEEK, "seeking", "core-idle"),
     E(MPV_EVENT_PLAYBACK_RESTART, "seeking", "core-idle"),
     E(MPV_EVENT_METADATA_UPDATE, "metadata", "filtered-metadata", "media-title"),