1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext_dxva2.h b/libavutil/hwcontext_dxva2.h
index 6c36cb4b6b..e1b79bc0de 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext_dxva2.h
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext_dxva2.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ typedef struct AVDXVA2FramesContext {
      *
      * If it is non-NULL, libavutil will call IDirectXVideoDecoder_Release() on
      * it just before the internal surface pool is freed.
+     *
+     * This is for convenience only. Some code uses other methods to manage the
+     * decoder reference.
      */
     IDirectXVideoDecoder *decoder_to_release;
 } AVDXVA2FramesContext;