diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index a800d4fed1..cbb4fe3069 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -2660,7 +2660,7 @@ PulseAudio audio output driver
 .PD 0
 .RSs
 .IPs "<host>[:<output sink>]"
-specify the host and optionally output sink to use
+Specify the host and optionally output sink to use.
 .RE
 .PD 1
 .
@@ -5856,7 +5856,7 @@ High precision/\:quality version of the denoise3d filter.
 Parameters and usage are the same.
 .
 .TP
-.B ow[=depth:luma_strength:chroma_strength]
+.B ow[=depth[:luma_strength[:chroma_strength]]]
 Overcomplete Wavelet denoiser.
 .PD 0
 .RSs