diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index a2947d93b0..3f0a1e7e80 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ Seek to byte position.
 Useful for playback from CDROM images / .VOB files with junk at the beginning.
 .TP
 .B \-srate <Hz>
-Forces the given audio playback rate, changing video speed to keep A-V sync.
+Selects the given output sampling rate, resampling if necessary.
 MEncoder passes this value to lame for resampling.
 .TP
 .B \-ss <time> (see \-sb option too)