diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 28ae621989..bb51333c9a 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -894,6 +894,7 @@ track languages and IDs.
 In some cases you can get more information by using \-msglevel identify=6.
 For example, for a DVD it will list the chapters and time length of each title,
 as well as a disk ID.
+Combine this with \-frames 0 to suppress all output.
 The wrapper script TOOLS/\:midentify suppresses the other MPlayer output and
 (hopefully) shellescapes the filenames.
 .