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diff --git a/libavutil/frame.h b/libavutil/frame.h
index 856959f979..6d9563bc5d 100644
--- a/libavutil/frame.h
+++ b/libavutil/frame.h
@@ -828,7 +828,8 @@ int av_frame_is_writable(AVFrame *frame);
* Ensure that the frame data is writable, avoiding data copy if possible.
*
* Do nothing if the frame is writable, allocate new buffers and copy the data
- * if it is not.
+ * if it is not. Non-refcounted frames behave as non-writable, i.e. a copy
+ * is always made.
*
* @return 0 on success, a negative AVERROR on error.
*