diff --git a/DOCS/en/documentation.html b/DOCS/en/documentation.html
index 7c26166185..4dc0de5f65 100644
--- a/DOCS/en/documentation.html
+++ b/DOCS/en/documentation.html
@@ -1899,16 +1899,13 @@ end
Installing a version of MinGW that could compile MPlayer used to be quite
- tricky, but only consists of three simple steps now and should work out of
- the box soon.
+ tricky, but works out of the box now. Just install MinGW 3.1.0 or later
+ and MSYS 1.0.9 or later and tell the MSYS postinstall that MinGW is
+ installed.
-
- - Install MinGW 3.0.0 or later.
- - Install MSYS 1.0.9 or later and tell the MSYS postinstall that
- MinGW is installed.
- - Replace
/mingw/include/sys/types.h with this
- types.h.
-
+If you use a version of MinGW before 3.1.0, you need to replace
+ /mingw/include/sys/types.h with this
+ types.h.
Extract DirectX header files to /mingw/include/.
diff --git a/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml b/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml
index cecb99c22a..fceea04e28 100644
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/ports.xml
@@ -335,16 +335,13 @@ since QNX has only X emulation which is VERY slow. Use SDL.
MinGW
Installing a version of MinGW that could compile MPlayer used to be quite
- tricky, but only consists of three simple steps now and should work out of
- the box soon.
+ tricky, but it works out of the box now. Just install MinGW 3.1.0 or later
+ and MSYS 1.0.9 or later and tell the MSYS postinstall that MinGW is
+ installed.
-
- Install MinGW 3.0.0 or later.
- Install MSYS 1.0.9 or later and tell the MSYS postinstall that
- MinGW is installed.
- Replace /mingw/include/sys/types.h with this
- types.h.
-
+If you use a version of MinGW before 3.1.0, you need to replace
+ /mingw/include/sys/types.h with this
+ types.h.
Extract DirectX header files to /mingw/include/.