diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index 158b74b3ae038dbfb2669bb72d935e4b7125d6f0..d2a3479ac6074d9b5c1baef3d562759d6191c169 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -2612,12 +2612,7 @@ FFmpeg was configured with @code{--enable-opencl}. Default value is 0.
 
 Draw a colored box on the input image.
 
-The filter accepts parameters as a list of @var{key}=@var{value}
-pairs, separated by ":". If the key of the first options is omitted,
-the arguments are interpreted according to the syntax
-@option{x}:@option{y}:@option{width}:@option{height}:@option{color}:@option{thickness}.
-
-A description of the accepted options follows.
+This filter accepts the following options:
 
 @table @option
 @item x, y
diff --git a/libavfilter/avfilter.c b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
index 1433422f3d63e02604963b9b563546a84e817d3d..efe378c9896cb55a9f8e475044bc7aaba2e37a7e 100644
--- a/libavfilter/avfilter.c
+++ b/libavfilter/avfilter.c
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ int avfilter_init_filter(AVFilterContext *filter, const char *args, void *opaque
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name,  "crop"      ) ||
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name,  "cropdetect") ||
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name,  "delogo"    ) ||
+        !strcmp(filter->filter->name,  "drawbox"   ) ||
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name,   "format") ||
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name, "noformat") ||
         !strcmp(filter->filter->name, "resample")
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_drawbox.c b/libavfilter/vf_drawbox.c
index b831182c8b548964356e55ae31fb9241d12af546..c575b2fa56e049d8e9ae92c444c464683de227de 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_drawbox.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_drawbox.c
@@ -45,25 +45,6 @@ typedef struct {
     int vsub, hsub;   ///< chroma subsampling
 } DrawBoxContext;
 
-#define OFFSET(x) offsetof(DrawBoxContext, x)
-#define FLAGS AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM|AV_OPT_FLAG_FILTERING_PARAM
-
-static const AVOption drawbox_options[] = {
-    { "x",           "set the box top-left corner x position", OFFSET(x), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
-    { "y",           "set the box top-left corner y position", OFFSET(y), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
-    { "width",       "set the box width",  OFFSET(w), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, 0, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
-    { "w",           "set the box width",  OFFSET(w), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, 0, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
-    { "height",      "set the box height", OFFSET(h), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, 0, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
-    { "h",           "set the box height", OFFSET(h), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=0}, 0, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
-    { "color",       "set the box edge color", OFFSET(color_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="black"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, FLAGS },
-    { "c",           "set the box edge color", OFFSET(color_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="black"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, FLAGS },
-    { "thickness",   "set the box maximum thickness", OFFSET(thickness), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=4}, 0, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
-    { "t",           "set the box maximum thickness", OFFSET(thickness), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=4}, 0, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
-    {NULL},
-};
-
-AVFILTER_DEFINE_CLASS(drawbox);
-
 static av_cold int init(AVFilterContext *ctx, const char *args)
 {
     DrawBoxContext *drawbox = ctx->priv;
@@ -151,6 +132,25 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *frame)
     return ff_filter_frame(inlink->dst->outputs[0], frame);
 }
 
+#define OFFSET(x) offsetof(DrawBoxContext, x)
+#define FLAGS AV_OPT_FLAG_VIDEO_PARAM|AV_OPT_FLAG_FILTERING_PARAM
+
+static const AVOption drawbox_options[] = {
+    { "x",      "Horizontal position of the left box edge", OFFSET(x),         AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,    { .i64 = 0 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
+    { "y",      "Vertical position of the top box edge",    OFFSET(y),         AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,    { .i64 = 0 }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
+    { "width",  "Width of the box",                         OFFSET(w),         AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,    { .i64 = 0 }, 0,       INT_MAX, FLAGS },
+    { "w",      "Width of the box",                         OFFSET(w),         AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,    { .i64 = 0 }, 0,       INT_MAX, FLAGS },
+    { "height", "Height of the box",                        OFFSET(h),         AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,    { .i64 = 0 }, 0,       INT_MAX, FLAGS },
+    { "h",      "Height of the box",                        OFFSET(h),         AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,    { .i64 = 0 }, 0,       INT_MAX, FLAGS },
+    { "color",  "Color of the box",                         OFFSET(color_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = "black" }, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, .flags = FLAGS },
+    { "c",      "Color of the box",                         OFFSET(color_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = "black" }, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, .flags = FLAGS },
+    { "thickness",   "set the box maximum thickness",       OFFSET(thickness), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=4}, 0, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
+    { "t",           "set the box maximum thickness",       OFFSET(thickness), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=4}, 0, INT_MAX, FLAGS },
+    { NULL },
+};
+
+AVFILTER_DEFINE_CLASS(drawbox);
+
 static const AVFilterPad avfilter_vf_drawbox_inputs[] = {
     {
         .name             = "default",
@@ -171,17 +171,14 @@ static const AVFilterPad avfilter_vf_drawbox_outputs[] = {
     { NULL }
 };
 
-static const char *const shorthand[] = { "x", "y", "w", "h", "color", "thickness", NULL };
-
 AVFilter avfilter_vf_drawbox = {
     .name      = "drawbox",
     .description = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("Draw a colored box on the input video."),
     .priv_size = sizeof(DrawBoxContext),
+    .priv_class = &drawbox_class,
     .init      = init,
 
     .query_formats   = query_formats,
     .inputs    = avfilter_vf_drawbox_inputs,
     .outputs   = avfilter_vf_drawbox_outputs,
-    .priv_class = &drawbox_class,
-    .shorthand = shorthand,
 };