diff --git a/libavcodec/vmnc.c b/libavcodec/vmnc.c
index aa672aeb73..1b26dc1d10 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vmnc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/vmnc.c
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ static av_cold int decode_end(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 }
 
 AVCodec vmnc_decoder = {
-    "VMware video",
+    "vmnc",
     CODEC_TYPE_VIDEO,
     CODEC_ID_VMNC,
     sizeof(VmncContext),