diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml
index cad345d257..d9f9105209 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/codecs.xml
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ decoders:
extract QuickTime DLL pack to your Win32 codecs directory
-(default: /usr/lib/win32)
+(default: /usr/local/lib/codecs)
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml
index cb20241315..937af0990c 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/faq.xml
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ itself. In this case, the decoding percentage contains the display percentage, t
-There are error messages about file not found /usr/lib/win32/ ...
+There are error messages about file not found /usr/local/lib/codecs/ ...
Download the Win32 codecs from our
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml
index 690a62a405..8cb022192b 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/install.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ You need a fairly recent system. On Linux, 2.4.x kernels are recommended.
MPlayer on x86 architecture, you will possibly need
them. Download the Win32 codecs from our
codecs page
- and install them to /usr/lib/win32
+ and install them to /usr/local/lib/codecs
BEFORE compiling MPlayer,
otherwise no Win32 support will be compiled!
The avifile project has similar codecs package, but it