diff --git a/libavcodec/apiexample.c b/libavcodec/apiexample.c
index 435f409916835bcd5d41f4cfbfe53bcb36dba88e..793cfaa04072804d7d36072e19a6d10e08befbea 100644
--- a/libavcodec/apiexample.c
+++ b/libavcodec/apiexample.c
@@ -433,8 +433,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     /* must be called before using avcodec lib */
     avcodec_init();
 
-    /* register all the codecs (you can also register only the codec
-       you wish to have smaller code */
+    /* register all the codecs */
     avcodec_register_all();
 
     if (argc <= 1) {
diff --git a/libavcodec/avcodec.h b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
index 806be53255e75992b8801b9434523ae817929242..19dc0edd50fbf52ff0bb352a2bf2451f8faf53f9 100644
--- a/libavcodec/avcodec.h
+++ b/libavcodec/avcodec.h
@@ -2517,6 +2517,7 @@ int avcodec_default_execute(AVCodecContext *c, int (*func)(AVCodecContext *c2, v
  * @warning This function is not thread safe!
  *
  * @code
+ * avcodec_register_all();
  * codec = avcodec_find_decoder(CODEC_ID_H264);
  * if (!codec)
  *     exit(1);