diff --git a/libavformat/mov.c b/libavformat/mov.c
index 39622bff39..a3e5ddb1d7 100644
--- a/libavformat/mov.c
+++ b/libavformat/mov.c
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ typedef struct MOVContext {
 
 /* those functions parse an atom */
 /* return code:
-  1: found what I wanted, exit
   0: continue to parse next atom
  <0: error occurred, exit
 */