diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/mencoder.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/mencoder.xml
index 8ead7dd5bb..9b60f0e7a3 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/mencoder.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/mencoder.xml
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ Example:
 <screen>
 mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -oac copy <replaceable>other_options</replaceable> <replaceable>media.avi</replaceable> -o <replaceable>output.mpg</replaceable>
 </screen>
-Creating an MPEG-1 file suitable to be played on system with minimal
-multimedia support, like default Windows installs:
+Creating an MPEG-1 file suitable to be played on systems with minimal
+multimedia support, such as default Windows installs:
 <screen>
 mencoder -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg1:tsaf:muxrate=2000 -o \
 <replaceable>x.mpg</replaceable> -oac lavc -ovc lavc \