diff --git a/include/drm/drm_encoder.h b/include/drm/drm_encoder.h
index d65173d413b736c435686bc97641a514fb2c5e6a..f06164f44efea7a5b7aca33ad89414a0b49ca8f0 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_encoder.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_encoder.h
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static inline unsigned int drm_encoder_index(const struct drm_encoder *encoder)
 }
 
 /**
- * drm_encoder_mask - find the mask of a registered ENCODER
+ * drm_encoder_mask - find the mask of a registered encoder
  * @encoder: encoder to find mask for
  *
  * Given a registered encoder, return the mask bit of that encoder for an