diff --git a/libavcodec/options_table.h b/libavcodec/options_table.h
index 3e01082cf5..d0c55a2a44 100644
--- a/libavcodec/options_table.h
+++ b/libavcodec/options_table.h
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static const AVOption options[]={
 {"context", "context model", OFFSET(context_model), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E},
 {"slice_flags", NULL, OFFSET(slice_flags), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX},
 {"xvmc_acceleration", NULL, OFFSET(xvmc_acceleration), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX},
-{"mbd", "macroblock decision algorithm (high quality mode)", OFFSET(mb_decision), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "mbd"},
+{"mbd", "macroblock decision algorithm (high quality mode)", OFFSET(mb_decision), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64 = DEFAULT }, 0, 2, V|E, "mbd"},
 {"simple", "use mbcmp (default)", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_MB_DECISION_SIMPLE }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "mbd"},
 {"bits", "use fewest bits", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_MB_DECISION_BITS }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "mbd"},
 {"rd", "use best rate distortion", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = FF_MB_DECISION_RD }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|E, "mbd"},