diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index c0fedd2651..52af4f22ce 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -1185,6 +1185,8 @@ The file is assumed to be in Netscape format.
 .TP
 .B \-delay <sec>
 audio delay in seconds (positive or negative float value)
+Negative values delay the audio, and positive values delay the video.
+Note that this is the exact opposite of the \-audio-delay MEncoder option.
 .br
 .I NOTE:
 When used with MEncoder, this is not guaranteed to work correctly