diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index 441e31bc2f..b6c63e2237 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@
  * consumed). The calling program can handle such unrecognized options as it
  * wishes, e.g.
  * @code
- * AVDictionaryEntry *e;
- * if (e = av_dict_get(options, "", NULL, AV_DICT_IGNORE_SUFFIX)) {
+ * const AVDictionaryEntry *e;
+ * if ((e = av_dict_iterate(options, NULL))) {
  *     fprintf(stderr, "Option %s not recognized by the demuxer.\n", e->key);
  *     abort();
  * }