Documentaries constitute a fascinating field which has given rise to an academic domain in its own right, Documentary Studies, within Film Studies. Curiously, in Translation Studies (TS), however, Audiovisual Translation (AVT) has scarcely addressed the translation of documentaires. This indicates that the audiovisual specificity of documentaries is not yet fully acknowledged. For this purpose, the author briefly examines the following myths related to documentaries: 1) a documentary is not a film; 2) documentary translation is not specifically audiovisual.