diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 2ce9ab980a..bc61a6e0bb 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -1485,6 +1485,7 @@ formats).
 .B \-sid <ID> (also see \-slang)
 Display the subtitle stream specified by <ID> (0\-31).
 MPlayer prints the available subtitle IDs when run in verbose (\-v) mode.
+If you cannot select one of the subtitles on a DVD, also try \-vobsubid.
 .
 .TP
 .B \-slang <language\ code[,language\ code,...]> (also see \-sid)