diff --git a/DOCS/man/mpv.rst b/DOCS/man/mpv.rst
index 6a6c05baf0..8194146a95 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/mpv.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/mpv.rst
@@ -392,10 +392,11 @@ You can put all of the options in configuration files which will be read every
 time mpv is run. The system-wide configuration file 'mpv.conf' is in your
 configuration directory (e.g. ``/etc/mpv`` or ``/usr/local/etc/mpv``), the
 user-specific one is ``~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf``. For details and platform
-specifics see the `FILES`_ section.
+specifics (in particular Windows paths) see the `FILES`_ section.
+
 User-specific options override system-wide options and options given on the
 command line override either. The syntax of the configuration files is
-``option=<value>``; everything after a *#* is considered a comment. Options
+``option=value``. Everything after a *#* is considered a comment. Options
 that work without values can be enabled by setting them to *yes* and disabled by
 setting them to *no*. Even suboptions can be specified in this way.