diff --git a/DOCS/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/en/mplayer.1
index 41b26d0f94..89518546a3 100644
--- a/DOCS/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/en/mplayer.1
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ Specifies using card number 1\-4 (default: 1).
 .IPs file=<file>
 Instructs MPlayer to read the channels list from <file>.
 .IPs type=<SAT|TER|CBL>
-Specifies that the card type is SATellite, TERrestrial or CaBLe. If not specifiied
+Specifies that the card type is SATellite, TERrestrial or CaBLe. If not specified
 the type will be autodetected.
 .RE
 .PD 1