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diff --git a/include/crypto/cipher.h b/include/crypto/cipher.h
index 97638e7bbf..bec9f412b0 100644
--- a/include/crypto/cipher.h
+++ b/include/crypto/cipher.h
@@ -215,16 +215,16 @@ int qcrypto_cipher_decrypt(QCryptoCipher *cipher,
/**
* qcrypto_cipher_setiv:
* @cipher: the cipher object
- * @iv: the initialization vector bytes
+ * @iv: the initialization vector or counter (CTR mode) bytes
* @niv: the length of @iv
* @errpr: pointer to a NULL-initialized error object
*
* If the @cipher object is setup to use a mode that requires
- * initialization vectors, this sets the initialization vector
+ * initialization vectors or counter, this sets the @niv
* bytes. The @iv data should have the same length as the
* cipher key used when originally constructing the cipher
* object. It is an error to set an initialization vector
- * if the cipher mode does not require one.
+ * or counter if the cipher mode does not require one.
*
* Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
*/