diff --git a/DOCS/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/en/mplayer.1
index 3f74734f0f..3fb82e8ff7 100644
--- a/DOCS/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/en/mplayer.1
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ mencoder \- Movie Encoder for Linux
 .na
 .nh
 .B mplayer
-.RI [options]\ [ \ file\  | \ URL\  | \ playlist\  | \ -\  ]
+.RI [options]\ [ \ file\  | \ URL\  | \ playlist\  | \ \-\  ]
 .br
 .B mplayer
 'in +\n[.k]u
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ mencoder \- Movie Encoder for Linux
 .in
 .B mencoder
 [options]
-.RI [ \ file\  | \ URL\  | \ -\  ]
+.RI [ \ file\  | \ URL\  | \ \-\  ]
 [\-o\ file]
 .br
 .B gmplayer
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ Creates a dumpsub.srt file in the current directory.
 .TP
 .B \-dumpsub (MPLAYER only) (BETA CODE)
 Dumps the subtitle substream from VOB streams.
-See -dump*sub and -vobsubout* options too.
+See \-dump*sub and \-vobsubout* options too.
 .TP
 .B \-ffactor <number>
 Resample alphamap of the font.