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diff --git a/libavutil/frame.h b/libavutil/frame.h
index 882b5afbde..933944526d 100644
--- a/libavutil/frame.h
+++ b/libavutil/frame.h
@@ -314,6 +314,9 @@ typedef struct AVFrame {
* This might be different from the first allocated byte. For video,
* it could even point to the end of the image data.
*
+ * All pointers in data and extended_data must point into one of the
+ * AVBufferRef in buf or extended_buf.
+ *
* Some decoders access areas outside 0,0 - width,height, please
* see avcodec_align_dimensions2(). Some filters and swscale can read
* up to 16 bytes beyond the planes, if these filters are to be used,
@@ -490,10 +493,10 @@ typedef struct AVFrame {
uint64_t channel_layout;
/**
- * AVBuffer references backing the data for this frame. If all elements of
- * this array are NULL, then this frame is not reference counted. This array
- * must be filled contiguously -- if buf[i] is non-NULL then buf[j] must
- * also be non-NULL for all j < i.
+ * AVBuffer references backing the data for this frame. All the pointers in
+ * data and extended_data must point inside one of the buffers in buf or
+ * extended_buf. This array must be filled contiguously -- if buf[i] is
+ * non-NULL then buf[j] must also be non-NULL for all j < i.
*
* There may be at most one AVBuffer per data plane, so for video this array
* always contains all the references. For planar audio with more than