diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 22a60ffc03..92d012a8b7 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -7723,7 +7723,7 @@ slightly smaller files but less precise seeking.
 0 is equivalent to 1, which makes every frame a keyframe.
 Values >300 are not recommended as the quality might be bad depending upon
 decoder, encoder and luck.
-It is a common for MPEG-1/2 to use values <=30.
+It is common for MPEG-1/2 to use values <=30.
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 .TP
 .B sc_threshold=<\-1000000000\-1000000000>