diff --git a/libavutil/log.h b/libavutil/log.h
index 7fb3db580d98e2ae1f7564cff6b4f774e5259a78..e0ff1f6fff5ddd570ded6c687535b2610efc8eaa 100644
--- a/libavutil/log.h
+++ b/libavutil/log.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 typedef struct AVCLASS AVClass;
 struct AVCLASS {
     /**
-     * The name of the class; usually it is the same name of the
+     * The name of the class; usually it is the same name as the
      * context structure type to which the AVClass is associated.
      */
     const char* class_name;