diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 45785e4d82..fbd70395c4 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -3847,7 +3847,7 @@ int av_get_bits_per_sample(enum CodecID codec_id);
 
 #if FF_API_OLD_SAMPLE_FMT
 /**
- * @deprecated Use av_get_bits_per_sample_fmt() instead.
+ * @deprecated Use av_get_bytes_per_sample() instead.
  */
 attribute_deprecated
 int av_get_bits_per_sample_format(enum AVSampleFormat sample_fmt);