diff --git a/libavutil/video_enc_params.h b/libavutil/video_enc_params.h
index 43fa443154..e3b422d6f3 100644
--- a/libavutil/video_enc_params.h
+++ b/libavutil/video_enc_params.h
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ AVVideoEncParams *av_video_enc_params_alloc(enum AVVideoEncParamsType type,
 /**
  * Allocates memory for AVEncodeInfoFrame plus an array of
  * {@code nb_blocks} AVEncodeInfoBlock in the given AVFrame {@code frame}
- * as AVFrameSideData of type AV_FRAME_DATA_ENCODE_INFO
+ * as AVFrameSideData of type AV_FRAME_DATA_VIDEO_ENC_PARAMS
  * and initializes the variables.
  */
 AVVideoEncParams*