diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index eaf63e8dc1..74a60ae89a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ typedef struct AVCodecContext {
     float b_quant_offset;
 
     /**
-     * Error recognization; higher values will detect more errors but may
+     * Error recognition; higher values will detect more errors but may
      * misdetect some more or less valid parts as errors.
      * - encoding: unused
      * - decoding: Set by user.