diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 6383db5940..8fd871c058 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -3484,7 +3484,7 @@ Changes the sample rate of the audio stream.
 Can be used if you have a fixed frequency sound card or if you are
 stuck with an old sound card that is only capable of max 44.1kHz.
 This filter is automatically enabled if necessary.
-It only supports 16-bit integer and float in native endian format as input.
+It only supports 16-bit integer and float in native-endian format as input.
 .br
 .I NOTE:
 With MEncoder, you need to also use \-srate <srate>.