diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 7f36fbf564..abc59ab0e3 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -1902,7 +1902,7 @@ See the console output for a list of available TV norms.
 Set tuner to <value> channel.
 .IPs chanlist=<value>
 available: europe-east, europe-west, us-bcast, us-cable, etc
-.IPs channels=<channel>\-<name>[=<norm>],<channel>\-<name>[=<norm>],...
+.IPs channels=<chan>\-<name>[=<norm>],<chan>\-<name>[=<norm>],...
 Set names for channels.
 .I NOTE:
 If <channel> is an integer greater than 1000, it will be treated as frequency (in kHz)