Mention explicitly that no options can be set manually when using this
function.
---
 libavfilter/avfilter.h | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.h b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
index 1401577c50..21066dd8da 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.h
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.h
@@ -845,9 +845,9 @@ AVFilterContext *avfilter_graph_alloc_filter(AVFilterGraph 
*graph,
 AVFilterContext *avfilter_graph_get_filter(AVFilterGraph *graph, const char 
*name);
 
 /**
- * Create and add a filter instance into an existing graph.
- * The filter instance is created from the filter filt and inited
- * with the parameter args. opaque is currently ignored.
+ * A convenience wrapper that allocates and initializes a filter in a single
+ * step. The filter instance is created from the filter filt and inited with 
the
+ * parameter args. opaque is currently ignored.
  *
  * In case of success put in *filt_ctx the pointer to the created
  * filter instance, otherwise set *filt_ctx to NULL.
@@ -856,6 +856,11 @@ AVFilterContext *avfilter_graph_get_filter(AVFilterGraph 
*graph, const char *nam
  * @param graph_ctx the filter graph
  * @return a negative AVERROR error code in case of failure, a non
  * negative value otherwise
+ *
+ * @note Since the filter is initialized after this function successfully
+ *       returns, you MUST NOT set any further options on it. If you need to do
+ *       that, call avfilter_graph_alloc_filter(), followed by setting the
+ *       options, followed by avfilter_init_dict() instead of this function.
  */
 int avfilter_graph_create_filter(AVFilterContext **filt_ctx, const AVFilter 
*filt,
                                  const char *name, const char *args, void 
*opaque,
-- 
2.43.0

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