diff --git a/libavutil/pixfmt.h b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
index b063251714..9a25c2c7de 100644
--- a/libavutil/pixfmt.h
+++ b/libavutil/pixfmt.h
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ enum AVPixelFormat {
     AV_PIX_FMT_GBRAP,       ///< planar GBRA 4:4:4:4 32bpp
     AV_PIX_FMT_GBRAP16BE,   ///< planar GBRA 4:4:4:4 64bpp, big-endian
     AV_PIX_FMT_GBRAP16LE,   ///< planar GBRA 4:4:4:4 64bpp, little-endian
-    AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ411P,    ///< planar YUV 4:1:1, 12bpp, (1 Cr & Cb sample per 4x1 Y samples)
+    AV_PIX_FMT_YUVJ411P,    ///< planar YUV 4:1:1, 12bpp, (1 Cr & Cb sample per 4x1 Y samples) full scale (JPEG), deprecated in favor of PIX_FMT_YUV411P and setting color_range
     AV_PIX_FMT_NB,        ///< number of pixel formats, DO NOT USE THIS if you want to link with shared libav* because the number of formats might differ between versions
 
 #if FF_API_PIX_FMT