diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index 47a3d2ad2a341a483e05ce7c8ee69a717e4f318e..ece399e80a223b71bf99ad378f636ec7b90ac3a2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ static AVOption options[]={
 {"frame_skip_threshold", NULL, OFFSET(frame_skip_threshold), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, DEFAULT, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
 {"frame_skip_factor", NULL, OFFSET(frame_skip_factor), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, DEFAULT, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
 {"frame_skip_exp", NULL, OFFSET(frame_skip_exp), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, DEFAULT, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
-{"skipcmp", "frame skip comapare function", OFFSET(frame_skip_cmp), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, FF_CMP_DCTMAX, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "cmp_func"},
+{"skipcmp", "frame skip compare function", OFFSET(frame_skip_cmp), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, FF_CMP_DCTMAX, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "cmp_func"},
 {"border_mask", NULL, OFFSET(border_masking), FF_OPT_TYPE_FLOAT, DEFAULT, FLT_MIN, FLT_MAX, V|E},
 {"mb_lmin", NULL, OFFSET(mb_lmin), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, DEFAULT, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
 {"mb_lmax", NULL, OFFSET(mb_lmax), FF_OPT_TYPE_INT, DEFAULT, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},