diff --git a/gdk/gdkmemoryformat.c b/gdk/gdkmemoryformat.c
index f9e1063768..6522c52e76 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkmemoryformat.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkmemoryformat.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ struct _GdkMemoryFormatDescription
 
 static const GdkMemoryFormatDescription memory_formats[] = {
   [GDK_MEMORY_B8G8R8A8_PREMULTIPLIED] = {
-    .name = "*BGRA8",
+    .name = "BGRA8(p)",
     .alpha = GDK_MEMORY_ALPHA_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .premultiplied = GDK_MEMORY_B8G8R8A8_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .straight = GDK_MEMORY_B8G8R8A8,
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static const GdkMemoryFormatDescription memory_formats[] = {
     .from_float = b8g8r8a8_premultiplied_from_float,
   },
   [GDK_MEMORY_A8R8G8B8_PREMULTIPLIED] = {
-    .name = "*ARGB8",
+    .name = "ARGB8(p)",
     .alpha = GDK_MEMORY_ALPHA_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .premultiplied = GDK_MEMORY_A8R8G8B8_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .straight = GDK_MEMORY_A8R8G8B8,
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static const GdkMemoryFormatDescription memory_formats[] = {
     .from_float = a8r8g8b8_premultiplied_from_float,
   },
   [GDK_MEMORY_R8G8B8A8_PREMULTIPLIED] = {
-    .name = "*RGBA8",
+    .name = "RGBA8(p)",
     .alpha = GDK_MEMORY_ALPHA_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .premultiplied = GDK_MEMORY_R8G8B8A8_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .straight = GDK_MEMORY_R8G8B8A8,
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static const GdkMemoryFormatDescription memory_formats[] = {
     .from_float = r8g8b8a8_premultiplied_from_float,
   },
   [GDK_MEMORY_A8B8G8R8_PREMULTIPLIED] = {
-    .name = "*ABGR8",
+    .name = "ABGR8(p)",
     .alpha = GDK_MEMORY_ALPHA_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .premultiplied = GDK_MEMORY_A8B8G8R8_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .straight = GDK_MEMORY_A8B8G8R8,
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ static const GdkMemoryFormatDescription memory_formats[] = {
     .from_float = r16g16b16_from_float,
   },
   [GDK_MEMORY_R16G16B16A16_PREMULTIPLIED] = {
-    .name = "*RGBA16",
+    .name = "RGBA16(p)",
     .alpha = GDK_MEMORY_ALPHA_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .premultiplied = GDK_MEMORY_R16G16B16A16_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .straight = GDK_MEMORY_R16G16B16A16,
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ static const GdkMemoryFormatDescription memory_formats[] = {
     .from_float = r16g16b16_float_from_float,
   },
   [GDK_MEMORY_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT_PREMULTIPLIED] = {
-    .name = "*RGBA16f",
+    .name = "RGBA16f(p)",
     .alpha = GDK_MEMORY_ALPHA_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .premultiplied = GDK_MEMORY_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .straight = GDK_MEMORY_R16G16B16A16_FLOAT,
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ static const GdkMemoryFormatDescription memory_formats[] = {
     .from_float = r32g32b32_float_from_float,
   },
   [GDK_MEMORY_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT_PREMULTIPLIED] = {
-    .name = "*RGBA32f",
+    .name = "RGBA32f(p)",
     .alpha = GDK_MEMORY_ALPHA_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .premultiplied = GDK_MEMORY_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .straight = GDK_MEMORY_R32G32B32A32_FLOAT,
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ static const GdkMemoryFormatDescription memory_formats[] = {
     .from_float = r32g32b32a32_float_from_float,
   },
   [GDK_MEMORY_G8A8_PREMULTIPLIED] = {
-    .name = "*GA8",
+    .name = "GA8(p)",
     .alpha = GDK_MEMORY_ALPHA_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .premultiplied = GDK_MEMORY_G8A8_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .straight = GDK_MEMORY_G8A8,
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ static const GdkMemoryFormatDescription memory_formats[] = {
     .from_float = g8_from_float,
   },
   [GDK_MEMORY_G16A16_PREMULTIPLIED] = {
-    .name = "*GA16",
+    .name = "GA16(p)",
     .alpha = GDK_MEMORY_ALPHA_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .premultiplied = GDK_MEMORY_G16A16_PREMULTIPLIED,
     .straight = GDK_MEMORY_G16A16,