diff --git a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
index dc9a936632..afb12a8027 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
+++ b/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
@@ -178,21 +178,21 @@ See the \-input option for ways to customize it.
 .B keyboard control
 .PD 0
 .RS
-.IPs "<\- and \->"
+.IPs "LEFT and RIGHT"
 Seek backward/\:forward 10 seconds.
 Shift+arrow does a 1 second exact seek (see \-hr\-seek; currently modifier
 keys like shift only work if used in an X output window).
-.IPs "up and down"
+.IPs "UP and DOWN"
 Seek forward/\:backward 1 minute.
 Shift+arrow does a 5 second exact seek (see \-hr\-seek; currently modifier
 keys like shift only work if used in an X output window).
-.IPs "pgup and pgdown"
+.IPs "PGUP and PGDWN"
 Seek forward/\:backward 10 minutes.
 .IPs "[ and ]"
 Decrease/increase current playback speed by 10%.
 .IPs "{ and }"
 Halve/double current playback speed.
-.IPs "backspace"
+.IPs "BACKSPACE"
 Reset playback speed to normal.
 .IPs "< and >"
 Go backward/\:forward in the playlist.