diff --git a/libavcodec/hevc.c b/libavcodec/hevc.c
index 9d99cba4c8..4d87d447eb 100644
--- a/libavcodec/hevc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/hevc.c
@@ -2777,7 +2777,7 @@ static int decode_nal_units(HEVCContext *s, const uint8_t *buf, int length)
             s->eos = 1;
     }
 
-    /* parse the NAL units */
+    /* decode the NAL units */
     for (i = 0; i < s->pkt.nb_nals; i++) {
         s->skipped_bytes = s->skipped_bytes_nal[i];
         s->skipped_bytes_pos = s->skipped_bytes_pos_nal[i];