diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index ff7a5857b4..b21daebb40 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ Here you can tell MPlayer which angles to use (default: 1).
 Examples can be found below.
 .TP
 .B \-forceidx
-Force rebuilding of INDEX.
+Force rebuilding of index.
 Useful for files with broken index (desyncs, etc).
 Seeking will be possible.
 You can fix the index permanently with MEncoder (see the documentation).
@@ -803,9 +803,9 @@ It can be slow especially when seeking backwards \- it has to rewind to the
 beginning to find the exact frame.
 .TP
 .B \-idx (also see \-forceidx)
-Rebuilds INDEX of the AVI if no INDEX was found,
+Rebuilds index of files if no index was found,
 thus allowing seeking.
-Useful with broken/\:incomplete downloads, or badly created AVIs.
+Useful with broken/\:incomplete downloads, or badly created files.
 .br
 .I NOTE:
 You can only use this option if the underlying media supports seeking