diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index ad1ce83f4e..352d09cd65 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -7669,7 +7669,8 @@ encoding in greyscale.
 .
 .TP
 .B (no)hq_ac
-Activates High Quality AC coefficient prediction from neighbor blocks.
+Activates High Quality AC coefficient prediction for intra frames from
+neighbor blocks (default: on).
 .
 .TP
 .B vhq=<0\-4>
diff --git a/DOCS/man/fr/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/fr/mplayer.1
index ef0bf0c94c..e45146df42 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/fr/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/fr/mplayer.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" synced with 1.1031
+.\" synced with 1.1032
 .\" MPlayer (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
 .\" The English man page was/is done by Gabucino, Diego Biurrun, Jonas Jermann
 .\" Traduction: Guillaume POIRIER < poirierg AT etudiant.univ-rennes1.fr >,
@@ -8056,7 +8056,8 @@ pouvez d
 .
 .TP
 .B (no)hq_ac
-Active une meilleure prévision du composant AC.
+Active une meilleure prédiction des composantes AC pour les blocks intra
+depuis les blocs voisins (par défaut\: activé).
 .
 .TP
 .B vhq=<0\-4>
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/mencoder.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/mencoder.xml
index 990e6f4840..41b2737180 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/mencoder.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/mencoder.xml
@@ -2682,6 +2682,7 @@ codec</title>
   Activates a better coefficient cost estimation method, which slightly
   reduces filesize by around 0.15 to 0.19%, while having a negligible
   impact on speed.
+  It's therefore recommended to always leave it on.
 </para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>
@@ -2713,7 +2714,7 @@ codec</title>
   information into account, whereas <option>me_quality</option>
   alone only uses luma (grayscale).
   This slows down encoding by 5-10% but improves visual quality
-  quite a bit by reducing blocking effects, and reduces filesize by
+  quite a bit by reducing blocking effects and reduces filesize by
   around 1.3%.
   If you are looking for speed, you should disable this option before
   starting to consider reducing <option>me_quality</option>.