diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 65c2042f72..4d161f8e9e 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -2525,7 +2525,7 @@ Use hardware accelerated scaler (default: hwaccel).
 .
 .TP
 .B vidix\ \ 
-VIDIX (VIDeo Interface for *nIX) is an interface to the
+VIDIX (VIDeo Interface for *niX) is an interface to the
 video acceleration features of different graphics cards.
 Very fast video output driver on cards that support it.
 .PD 0