diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index f94c81c80a..d158189c4c 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -3447,7 +3447,7 @@ Motion adaptive temporal deinterlacing with edge-guided spatial interpolation
 (not yet working).
 .RE
 .IPs pullup
-Try to apply inverse telecine, needs deinterlacing.
+Try to apply inverse telecine, needs temporal deinterlacing.
 .RE
 .PD 1 
 .