diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 9f7e71ea17..b0a76b3c3d 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -9266,7 +9266,7 @@ frame will be encoded.
 .RE
 .
 .
-.SS vfw (\-xvfwopts)
+.SS xvfw (\-xvfwopts)
 .
 Encoding with Video for Windows codecs is mostly obsolete unless you wish
 to encode to some obscure fringe codec.