diff --git a/doc/mkvmerge.1 b/doc/mkvmerge.1
index ece935a64..d0b18e57f 100644
--- a/doc/mkvmerge.1
+++ b/doc/mkvmerge.1
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mkvmerge \- Merge multimedia streams into a Matroska file
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B mkvmerge
-[\fIglobal options\fR] \-o \fIout\fR [\fIoptions\fR] <file1> [[\fIoptions\fR] <file2> ...] [@optionsfile]
+[\fIglobal options\fR] \-o \fIout\fR [\fIoptions1\fR] <file1> [[\fIoptions2\fR] <file2> ...] [@optionsfile]
 
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION