diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/options.rst b/DOCS/man/en/options.rst
index 7cc309de02..97171a8c42 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/options.rst
@@ -528,15 +528,14 @@
     reliable enough), the filename extension is used to select the demuxer.
     Always falls back on content-based demuxer selection.
 
---field-dominance=<-1-1>
+--field-dominance=<auto|top|bottom>
     Set first field for interlaced content. Useful for deinterlacers that
-    double the framerate: ``--vf=tfields=1``, ``--vf=yadif=1`` and
-    ``--vo=vdpau:deint``.
+    double the framerate: ``--vf=yadif=1`` and ``--vo=vdpau:deint``.
 
-    :-1: auto (default): If the decoder does not export the appropriate
-         information, it falls back to 0 (top field first).
-    :0:  top field first
-    :1:  bottom field first
+    :auto:    (default) If the decoder does not export the appropriate
+              information, it falls back to 0 (top field first).
+    :top:     top field first
+    :bottom:  bottom field first
 
 --no-fixed-vo, --fixed-vo
     ``--no-fixed-vo`` enforces closing and reopening the video window for
diff --git a/core/cfg-mplayer.h b/core/cfg-mplayer.h
index b6e947be5f..a83c16d271 100644
--- a/core/cfg-mplayer.h
+++ b/core/cfg-mplayer.h
@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@ const m_option_t common_opts[] = {
     OPT_MAKE_FLAGS("slices", vd_use_slices, 0),
     // use (probably completely broken) decoder direct rendering
     OPT_MAKE_FLAGS("dr1", vd_use_dr1, 0),
-    {"field-dominance", &field_dominance, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, -1, 1, NULL},
+    {"field-dominance", &field_dominance, CONF_TYPE_CHOICE, 0,
+     M_CHOICES(({"auto", -1}, {"top", 0}, {"bottom", 1}))},
 
     {"lavdopts", (void *) lavc_decode_opts_conf, CONF_TYPE_SUBCONFIG, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
     {"lavfdopts", (void *) lavfdopts_conf, CONF_TYPE_SUBCONFIG, 0, 0, 0, NULL},