diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index ade5d2f9dc80db43a6f2a43b8c1d967c6eadac43..df9a602c02c0c9c9110da03a86cb97d861812cb0 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ typedef struct AVInputFormat {
 
     /**
      * Read the format header and initialize the AVFormatContext
-     * structure. Return 0 if OK. Only used in raw format right
-     * now. 'avformat_new_stream' should be called to create new streams.
+     * structure. Return 0 if OK. 'avformat_new_stream' should be
+     * called to create new streams.
      */
     int (*read_header)(struct AVFormatContext *);