diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 3ba8ccb193..0c0f7c80bb 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ The wrapper script TOOLS/\:midentify suppresses the other MPlayer output and
 (hopefully) shellescapes the filenames.
 .
 .TP
-.B \-idle\ 
+.B \-idle\ \ 
 Makes MPlayer idle and wait for the input commands 'loadfile', 'loadlist',
 or 'quit' when no file has been given on the command line or MPlayer is
 done playing all files.