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diff --git a/libavformat/avformat.h b/libavformat/avformat.h
index 71ff0fc15b..0b8fca21a7 100644
--- a/libavformat/avformat.h
+++ b/libavformat/avformat.h
@@ -1589,7 +1589,8 @@ int av_write_frame(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt);
* correct values.
* @endparblock
*
- * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error.
+ * @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error. Libavformat will always
+ * take care of freeing the packet, even if this function fails.
*
* @see av_write_frame(), AVFormatContext.max_interleave_delta
*/