diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 11c50cacbf..b475b27e27 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -4923,7 +4923,7 @@ void av_fast_malloc(void *ptr, unsigned int *size, size_t min_size);
 
 /**
  * Same behaviour av_fast_malloc but the buffer has additional
- * FF_INPUT_PADDING_SIZE at the end which will will always be 0.
+ * FF_INPUT_BUFFER_PADDING_SIZE at the end which will will always be 0.
  *
  * In addition the whole buffer will initially and after resizes
  * be 0-initialized so that no uninitialized data will ever appear.