diff --git a/libavutil/rc4.h b/libavutil/rc4.h
index f6d2d44504787c25b16bc9109feceb861ef20a86..38ae52f29863c92fc8ff02edb6300af9c3911d16 100644
--- a/libavutil/rc4.h
+++ b/libavutil/rc4.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ AVRC4 *av_rc4_alloc(void);
  *
  * @param key_bits must be a multiple of 8
  * @param decrypt 0 for encryption, 1 for decryption, currently has no effect
+ * @return zero on success, negative value otherwise
  */
 int av_rc4_init(struct AVRC4 *d, const uint8_t *key, int key_bits, int decrypt);