diff --git a/libavdevice/v4l.c b/libavdevice/v4l.c
index 4a5328ade4..b350adb0cd 100644
--- a/libavdevice/v4l.c
+++ b/libavdevice/v4l.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static int grab_read_close(AVFormatContext *s1)
 
 AVInputFormat v4l_demuxer = {
     "video4linux",
-    NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("video grab"),
+    NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Video4Linux device grab"),
     sizeof(VideoData),
     NULL,
     grab_read_header,
diff --git a/libavdevice/v4l2.c b/libavdevice/v4l2.c
index dc0a22d9ba..6819d9cc9f 100644
--- a/libavdevice/v4l2.c
+++ b/libavdevice/v4l2.c
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ static int v4l2_read_close(AVFormatContext *s1)
 
 AVInputFormat v4l2_demuxer = {
     "video4linux2",
-    NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("video grab"),
+    NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Video4Linux2 device grab"),
     sizeof(struct video_data),
     NULL,
     v4l2_read_header,