diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 65ccdfa715..14fb62ba73 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ mf://[filemask|@listfile]
 .
 .br
 .B mplayer
-[cdda|cddb]://track[-endtrack][:speed][/device]
+[cdda|cddb]://track[\-endtrack][:speed][/device]
 [options]
 .
 .br
@@ -2661,7 +2661,7 @@ PulseAudio audio output driver
 .RSs
 .IPs "[<host>][:<output sink>]"
 Specify the host and optionally output sink to use.
-An empty <host> string uses local connection.
+An empty <host> string uses a local connection.
 Using "localhost" as <host> uses network transfer (most likely
 not what you want).
 .RE