diff --git a/libavutil/avstring.h b/libavutil/avstring.h
index fae446c302..74aa4cd0e4 100644
--- a/libavutil/avstring.h
+++ b/libavutil/avstring.h
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ size_t av_strlcatf(char *dst, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...) av_printf_forma
 /**
  * Get the count of continuous non zero chars starting from the beginning.
  *
+ * @param s   the string whose length to count
  * @param len maximum number of characters to check in the string, that
  *            is the maximum value which is returned by the function
  */