diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 301e33e86c..49891ad04c 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ void avcodec_string(char *buf, int buf_size, AVCodecContext *enc, int encode)
                           enc->height*enc->sample_aspect_ratio.den,
                           1024*1024);
                 snprintf(buf + strlen(buf), buf_size - strlen(buf),
-                         " [PAR %d:%d DAR %d:%d]",
+                         " [SAR %d:%d DAR %d:%d]",
                          enc->sample_aspect_ratio.num, enc->sample_aspect_ratio.den,
                          display_aspect_ratio.num, display_aspect_ratio.den);
             }
diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 38407b9d4b..74891049ae 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -3402,7 +3402,7 @@ static void dump_stream_format(AVFormatContext *ic, int i, int index, int is_out
                   st->codec->width*st->sample_aspect_ratio.num,
                   st->codec->height*st->sample_aspect_ratio.den,
                   1024*1024);
-        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, ", PAR %d:%d DAR %d:%d",
+        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO, ", SAR %d:%d DAR %d:%d",
                  st->sample_aspect_ratio.num, st->sample_aspect_ratio.den,
                  display_aspect_ratio.num, display_aspect_ratio.den);
     }