diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index b75d3ce576..b63e55e741 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -6772,11 +6772,11 @@ whole video sequence (default: 0.0 (disabled)).
 p_mask=1.0 doubles the bits allocated to each intra block.
 .
 .TP
-border_mask=<0.0\-1.0>
+.B border_mask=<0.0\-1.0>
 border-processing for MPEG-style encoders.
 Border processing increases the quantizer for macroblocks which are less
-than 1/5th far from the border of the frame, since they are visually
-less important.
+than 1/5th of the frame away from the border of the frame, since they are
+visually less important.
 .
 .TP
 .B naq\ \ \ \