diff --git a/DOCS/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/mplayer.1
index fc64492c6c..fcc9759244 100644
--- a/DOCS/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/mplayer.1
@@ -76,21 +76,19 @@ any options.
 Every "flag" option has "noflag" pair, e.g. -fs opposite is -nofs
 .TP
 .B \-vo\ <driver>[:<device>]
-select video output driver. "device" is valid only when you specify
-a driver like SDL or GGI, which use alternative means to produce video.
-Like: -vo sdl:aalib (or dga, fbdev, svga, x11, ggi)
+select video output driver and optinaly device. "device" is valid with
+SDL and GGI too, it means sub-driver then (for example: -vo sdl:aalib).
 
 you can get the list of available drivers executing
 .I mplayer -vo help
 
 .TP
 .B \-ao\ <driver>[:<device>]
-select audio output driver. "device" is valid only when you specify
-SDL as driver, which uses alternative means to produce audio.
-Like: -ao sdl:esd (or arts)
+select audio output driver and optinaly device. "device" is valid with
+SDL and GGI too, it means sub-driver then (for example: -vo sdl:esd).
 
 If using OSS, you can specify which sound device to use like this :
--ao oss:/dev/dsp0
+-ao oss:/dev/dsp1     (replaces the old -dsp option)
 
 you can get the list of available drivers executing
 .I mplayer -ao help