diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 51270e6527..cda6703167 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ typedef struct AVFrame {
      * extended_data must be used by the decoder in order to access all
      * channels.
      *
-     * encoding: unused
+     * encoding: set by user
      * decoding: set by AVCodecContext.get_buffer()
      */
     uint8_t **extended_data;