diff --git a/libavcodec/alsdec.c b/libavcodec/alsdec.c
index 1c6e25932d..0a2768a5b9 100644
--- a/libavcodec/alsdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/alsdec.c
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ static int read_var_block_data(ALSDecContext *ctx, ALSBlockData *bd)
                     int offset     = parcor_rice_table[sconf->coef_table][k][0];
                     quant_cof[k] = decode_rice(gb, rice_param) + offset;
                     if (quant_cof[k] < -64 || quant_cof[k] > 63) {
-                        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "quant_cof %d is out of range\n", quant_cof[k]);
+                        av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Quantization coefficient %d is out of range.\n", quant_cof[k]);
                         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
                     }
                 }