diff --git a/libavformat/file.c b/libavformat/file.c
index 1d323e2137..6511328de7 100644
--- a/libavformat/file.c
+++ b/libavformat/file.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ typedef struct FileContext {
 } FileContext;
 
 static const AVOption file_options[] = {
-    { "truncate", "Truncate existing files on write", offsetof(FileContext, trunc), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 1 }, 0, 1, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },
+    { "truncate", "truncate existing files on write", offsetof(FileContext, trunc), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 1 }, 0, 1, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },
     { "blocksize", "set I/O operation maximum block size", offsetof(FileContext, blocksize), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = INT_MAX }, 1, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },
     { NULL }
 };