diff --git a/doc/examples/decoding_encoding.c b/doc/examples/decoding_encoding.c
index 0c6abb8c8b..cc5953f4af 100644
--- a/doc/examples/decoding_encoding.c
+++ b/doc/examples/decoding_encoding.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
  * Note that libavcodec only handles codecs (mpeg, mpeg4, etc...),
  * not file formats (avi, vob, mp4, mov, mkv, mxf, flv, mpegts, mpegps, etc...). See library 'libavformat' for the
  * format handling
+ * @example doc/examples/decoding_encoding.c
  */
 
 #include <math.h>
diff --git a/doc/examples/demuxing.c b/doc/examples/demuxing.c
index 0e0015e742..22b7060e23 100644
--- a/doc/examples/demuxing.c
+++ b/doc/examples/demuxing.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  *
  * Show how to use the libavformat and libavcodec API to demux and
  * decode audio and video data.
+ * @example doc/examples/demuxing.c
  */
 
 #include <libavutil/imgutils.h>
diff --git a/doc/examples/filtering_audio.c b/doc/examples/filtering_audio.c
index 39f4450862..b28e02bfb9 100644
--- a/doc/examples/filtering_audio.c
+++ b/doc/examples/filtering_audio.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 /**
  * @file
  * API example for audio decoding and filtering
+ * @example doc/examples/filtering_audio.c
  */
 
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/doc/examples/filtering_video.c b/doc/examples/filtering_video.c
index ca0266e775..90babb6be4 100644
--- a/doc/examples/filtering_video.c
+++ b/doc/examples/filtering_video.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 /**
  * @file
  * API example for decoding and filtering
+ * @example doc/examples/filtering_video.c
  */
 
 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 600 /* for usleep */
diff --git a/doc/examples/metadata.c b/doc/examples/metadata.c
index 9f35912c5e..9c1bcd79d9 100644
--- a/doc/examples/metadata.c
+++ b/doc/examples/metadata.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 /**
  * @file
  * Shows how the metadata API can be used in application programs.
+ * @example doc/examples/metadata.c
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/doc/examples/muxing.c b/doc/examples/muxing.c
index f0a5f63a28..f8b2f7c354 100644
--- a/doc/examples/muxing.c
+++ b/doc/examples/muxing.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  *
  * Output a media file in any supported libavformat format.
  * The default codecs are used.
+ * @example doc/examples/muxing.c
  */
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/doc/examples/scaling_video.c b/doc/examples/scaling_video.c
index 660be2f9b4..320f4a063a 100644
--- a/doc/examples/scaling_video.c
+++ b/doc/examples/scaling_video.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 /**
  * @file
  * libswscale API use example.
+ * @example doc/examples/scaling_video.c
  */
 
 #include <libavutil/imgutils.h>