diff --git a/libavformat/wavenc.c b/libavformat/wavenc.c
index f89c91e8c7..0156f6e8a3 100644
--- a/libavformat/wavenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/wavenc.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static int wav_write_trailer(AVFormatContext *s)
 #define OFFSET(x) offsetof(WAVMuxContext, x)
 #define ENC AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM
 static const AVOption options[] = {
-    { "write_bext", "Write BEXT chunk.", OFFSET(write_bext), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, 1, ENC },
+    { "write_bext", "Write BEXT chunk.", OFFSET(write_bext), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, 1, ENC },
     { "write_peak", "Write Peak Envelope chunk.",            OFFSET(write_peak), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, 2, ENC, "peak" },
     { "off",        "Do not write peak chunk.",              0,                  AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = PEAK_OFF  }, 0, 0, ENC, "peak" },
     { "on",         "Append peak chunk after wav data.",     0,                  AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, { .i64 = PEAK_ON   }, 0, 0, ENC, "peak" },