diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/options.rst b/DOCS/man/en/options.rst
index 2e94d367ac..8eec8408a7 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/options.rst
@@ -2401,7 +2401,7 @@
 
     *NOTE*: See ``--vd=help`` for a full list of available decoders.
 
---version
+--version, -V
     Print version string and exit.
 
 --vf=<filter1[=parameter1:parameter2:...],filter2,...>
diff --git a/core/cfg-mplayer.h b/core/cfg-mplayer.h
index 21e694d06c..8eb5234f3f 100644
--- a/core/cfg-mplayer.h
+++ b/core/cfg-mplayer.h
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ const m_option_t mplayer_opts[]={
     {"help", (void *) help_text, CONF_TYPE_PRINT, CONF_NOCFG|CONF_GLOBAL, 0, 0, NULL},
     {"h", (void *) help_text, CONF_TYPE_PRINT, CONF_NOCFG|CONF_GLOBAL, 0, 0, NULL},
     {"version", (void *)print_version_opt, CONF_TYPE_PRINT_FUNC, CONF_NOCFG|CONF_GLOBAL|M_OPT_PRE_PARSE},
+    {"V",       (void *)print_version_opt, CONF_TYPE_PRINT_FUNC, CONF_NOCFG|CONF_GLOBAL|M_OPT_PRE_PARSE},
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ENCODING
     OPT_STRING("o", encode_output.file, CONF_GLOBAL),