diff --git a/libavfilter/dnn_filter_common.h b/libavfilter/dnn_filter_common.h
index 09ddd8a5ca..36319bfef8 100644
--- a/libavfilter/dnn_filter_common.h
+++ b/libavfilter/dnn_filter_common.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ typedef struct DnnContext {
     { "input",              "input name of the model",    OFFSET(model_inputname),  AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING,    { .str = NULL }, 0, 0, FLAGS },\
     { "output",             "output name of the model",   OFFSET(model_outputnames_string), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = NULL }, 0, 0, FLAGS },\
     { "backend_configs",    "backend configs",            OFFSET(backend_options),  AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING,    { .str = NULL }, 0, 0, FLAGS },\
-    { "options",            "backend configs",            OFFSET(backend_options),  AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING,    { .str = NULL }, 0, 0, FLAGS },\
+    { "options", "backend configs (deprecated, use backend_configs)", OFFSET(backend_options),  AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = NULL }, 0, 0, FLAGS | AV_OPT_FLAG_DEPRECATED},\
     { "async",              "use DNN async inference",    OFFSET(async),            AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,      { .i64 = 1},     0, 1, FLAGS},