diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.c b/libavformat/rtsp.c
index 3bdcbba8d813d1d7511c618898fdb7b1cdf78ebd..69f13e331816e03efaf03b34e0bb69d0f60c2c19 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ static void sdp_parse_fmtp(AVStream *st, const char *p)
     }
 }
 
-/** Parse a string \p in the form of Range:npt=xx-xx, and determine the start
+/** Parse a string p in the form of Range:npt=xx-xx, and determine the start
  *  and end time.
  *  Used for seeking in the rtp stream.
  */