diff --git a/DOCS/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/mplayer.1
index bab7f8103d..87c05269f5 100644
--- a/DOCS/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/mplayer.1
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ writes audio stream of the file to ./stream.dump (mostly usable
 with mpeg/ac3)
 .TP
 .B \-noframedrop
-no frame dropping : every frame is played, audio may skip (default)
+no frame dropping : every frame is played, audio and video may be out of
+sync (default)
 .TP
 .B \-framedrop
 frame dropping : decode all frames, video may skip