diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 653d721549..a0abdd8b42 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -2423,9 +2423,9 @@ May add a small (not noticeable) constant A/\:V desync (default: noqueue).
 Use sleep function while waiting for rendering to finish
 (not recomended on Linux). Default is not to sleep (nosleep).
 .IPs ck=cur|use|set
-Same as -vo xv:ck (see \-vo xv).
+Same as \-vo xv:ck (see \-vo xv).
 .IPs ck-method=man|bg|auto
-Same as -vo xv:ck-method (see \-vo xv).
+Same as \-vo xv:ck-method (see \-vo xv).
 .RE
 .PD 1
 .