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diff --git a/libavutil/error.h b/libavutil/error.h
index abf9a57d70..a1b9ccc050 100644
--- a/libavutil/error.h
+++ b/libavutil/error.h
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@
/**
* Puts a description of the AVERROR code errnum in errbuf.
* In case of failure the global variable errno is set to indicate the
- * error.
+ * error. Even in case of failure av_strerror() will print a generic
+ * error message indicating the errnum provided to errbuf.
*
* @param errbuf_size the size in bytes of errbuf
* @return 0 on success, a negative value otherwise