diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index d891662f3b..59e664fdee 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -7669,7 +7669,7 @@ encoding in greyscale.
 .
 .TP
 .B (no)hq_ac
-Activates High Quality AC coefficients prediction for intra frames from
+Activates high-quality prediction of AC coefficients for intra frames from
 neighbor blocks (default: on).
 .
 .TP