diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index 853b07274a..8a6479f215 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -4704,9 +4704,9 @@ huffyuv:
 .RE
 .PD 0
 .RSs
-.IPs pass 1
+.IPs "pass 1"
 saves statistics
-.IPs pass 2
+.IPs "pass 2"
 encodes with an optimal Huffman table based upon pass 1 statistics.
 .RE
 .PD 1