diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml
index d98b216bcb..79ccbe35e8 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/cd-dvd.xml
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ to set the region code of your DVD drive (under Linux).
 <para>
 For the complete list of available options, please read the man page. The Syntax for a
 standard Video CD (VCD) is as follows:
-<screen>mplayer vcd://<replaceable>&lt;track&gt;</replaceable> -cdrom-device <replaceable>&lt;device&gt;</replaceable></screen>
+<screen>mplayer vcd://<replaceable>&lt;track&gt;</replaceable> [-cdrom-device <replaceable>&lt;device&gt;</replaceable>]</screen>
 Example:
 <screen>mplayer vcd://2 -cdrom-device /dev/hdc</screen>
 The default VCD device is <filename>/dev/cdrom</filename>. If your setup