diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 675a5c9c19..07ea47d326 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext {
     int qmax;
 
     /**
-     * maximum quantizer difference etween frames.
+     * maximum quantizer difference between frames.
      * - encoding: set by user.
      * - decoding: unused
      */