diff --git a/libavutil/frame.h b/libavutil/frame.h
index 1b3db9845d..16e2177bd2 100644
--- a/libavutil/frame.h
+++ b/libavutil/frame.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ typedef struct AVFrameSideData {
 /**
  * This structure describes decoded (raw) audio or video data.
  *
- * AVFrame must be allocated using av_frame_alloc(). Not that this only
+ * AVFrame must be allocated using av_frame_alloc(). Note that this only
  * allocates the AVFrame itself, the buffers for the data must be managed
  * through other means (see below).
  * AVFrame must be freed with av_frame_free().