diff --git a/libavcodec/chomp_bsf.c b/libavcodec/chomp_bsf.c
index caf1ff9ac4..e9ac8e8e29 100644
--- a/libavcodec/chomp_bsf.c
+++ b/libavcodec/chomp_bsf.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static int chomp_filter(AVBitStreamFilterContext *bsfc,
 }
 
 /**
- * This filter removes a string of \0 bytes from the end of a packet.
+ * This filter removes a string of NULL bytes from the end of a packet.
  */
 AVBitStreamFilter chomp_bsf = {
     "chomp",