diff --git a/libavcodec/ac3dec.c b/libavcodec/ac3dec.c
index 3d403aa023..efcaa44a2b 100644
--- a/libavcodec/ac3dec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/ac3dec.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static void decode_transform_coeffs_ch(AC3DecodeContext *s, int blk, int ch,
 }
 
 /**
- * Get the transform coefficients.
+ * Decode the transform coefficients.
  */
 static void decode_transform_coeffs(AC3DecodeContext *s, int blk)
 {