diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index befb94896b0f53363ffedcea6d655b3c83b6c817..e42b72e431a1f0b763d190cd9bbbf31f87f8a82e 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ int attribute_align_arg avcodec_open2(AVCodecContext *avctx, const AVCodec *code
         }
         if (   (avctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO || avctx->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO)
             && avctx->bit_rate>0 && avctx->bit_rate<1000) {
-            av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Bitrate %d is extreemly low, did you mean %dk\n", avctx->bit_rate, avctx->bit_rate);
+            av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_WARNING, "Bitrate %d is extremely low, maybe you mean %dk\n", avctx->bit_rate, avctx->bit_rate);
         }
 
         if (!avctx->rc_initial_buffer_occupancy)