diff --git a/libavcodec/fic.c b/libavcodec/fic.c
index c288c9771b..dcf0777674 100644
--- a/libavcodec/fic.c
+++ b/libavcodec/fic.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
 };
 
 static const AVClass fic_decoder_class = {
-    .class_name = "FIC encoder",
+    .class_name = "FIC decoder",
     .item_name  = av_default_item_name,
     .option     = options,
     .version    = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,