diff --git a/doc/muxers.texi b/doc/muxers.texi
index 6d2c49562b..d71eb09a4f 100644
--- a/doc/muxers.texi
+++ b/doc/muxers.texi
@@ -319,7 +319,6 @@ a short portion of the file. With this option set, there is no initial
 mdat atom, and the moov atom only describes the tracks but has
 a zero duration.
 
-Files written with this option set do not work in QuickTime.
 This option is implicitly set when writing ismv (Smooth Streaming) files.
 @item -movflags separate_moof
 Write a separate moof (movie fragment) atom for each track. Normally,
diff --git a/libavformat/movenc.c b/libavformat/movenc.c
index 3b7f5aea55..e2a6bbc2fd 100644
--- a/libavformat/movenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/movenc.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 static const AVOption options[] = {
     { "movflags", "MOV muxer flags", offsetof(MOVMuxContext, flags), AV_OPT_TYPE_FLAGS, {.i64 = 0}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM, "movflags" },
     { "rtphint", "Add RTP hint tracks", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_MOV_FLAG_RTP_HINT}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM, "movflags" },
-    { "empty_moov", "Make the initial moov atom empty (not supported by QuickTime)", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_MOV_FLAG_EMPTY_MOOV}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM, "movflags" },
+    { "empty_moov", "Make the initial moov atom empty", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_MOV_FLAG_EMPTY_MOOV}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM, "movflags" },
     { "frag_keyframe", "Fragment at video keyframes", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_MOV_FLAG_FRAG_KEYFRAME}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM, "movflags" },
     { "separate_moof", "Write separate moof/mdat atoms for each track", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_MOV_FLAG_SEPARATE_MOOF}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM, "movflags" },
     { "frag_custom", "Flush fragments on caller requests", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_MOV_FLAG_FRAG_CUSTOM}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM, "movflags" },