diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 7832919652..930ce5a4af 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -3119,8 +3119,8 @@ It also supports the standard X11 \-geometry option format.
 If an external window is specified using the \-wid option, then the x and
 y coordinates are relative to the top-left corner of the window rather
 than the screen.
-The coordinates are relative to the screen given with -xineramascreen for
-the video output drivers that fully support -xineramascreen (direct3d, gl, gl2,
+The coordinates are relative to the screen given with \-xineramascreen for
+the video output drivers that fully support \-xineramascreen (direct3d, gl, gl2,
 vdpau, x11, xv, xvmc).
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