diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 6ea4917b56..a4abf53f6e 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -2641,6 +2641,10 @@ IVTV specific MPEG audio output driver.
 Works with \-ac hwmpa only.
 .
 .TP
+.B v4l2 (requires Linux 2.6.22+ kernel)
+Audio output driver for V4L2 cards with h/w MPEG decoder.
+.
+.TP
 .B mpegpes (DVB only)
 Audio output driver for DVB cards that writes the output to an MPEG-PES
 file if no DVB card is installed.
@@ -3796,6 +3800,19 @@ Explicitly choose the TV-Out output to be used for the video signal.
 .PD 1
 .
 .TP
+.B v4l2 (requires Linux 2.6.22+ kernel)
+Video output driver for V4L2 compliant cards with built-in h/w MPEG decoder.
+Also see the lavc video filter.
+.PD 0
+.RSs
+.IPs device
+Explicitly choose the MPEG decoder device name to use (default: /dev/video16).
+.IPs output
+Explicitly choose the TV-Out output to be used for the video signal.
+.RE
+.PD 1
+.
+.TP
 .B mpegpes (DVB only)
 Video output driver for DVB cards that writes the output to an MPEG-PES file
 if no DVB card is installed.
@@ -5686,7 +5703,7 @@ You should see a red, green and blue stripe from top to bottom.
 .
 .TP
 .B lavc[=quality:fps]
-Fast software YV12 to MPEG-1 conversion with libavcodec for use with DVB/\:DXR3/\:IVTV.
+Fast software YV12 to MPEG-1 conversion with libavcodec for use with DVB/\:DXR3/\:IVTV/V4L2.
 .RSs
 .IPs <quality>
 1\-31: fixed qscale