diff --git a/libavcodec/libpostproc/postprocess.c b/libavcodec/libpostproc/postprocess.c
index d84a3e179c..6acf58d09f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libpostproc/postprocess.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libpostproc/postprocess.c
@@ -579,18 +579,18 @@ char *pp_help=
 "tn:64:128:256\n"
 "Filters			Options\n"
 "short	long name	short	long option	Description\n"
-"*	*		a	autoq		cpu power dependant enabler\n"
-"			c	chrom		chrominance filtring enabled\n"
-"			y	nochrom		chrominance filtring disabled\n"
-"hb	hdeblock	(2 Threshold)		horizontal deblocking filter\n"
+"*	*		a	autoq		CPU power dependent enabler\n"
+"			c	chrom		chrominance filtering enabled\n"
+"			y	nochrom		chrominance filtering disabled\n"
+"hb	hdeblock	(2 threshold)		horizontal deblocking filter\n"
 "	1. difference factor: default=32, higher -> more deblocking\n"
 "	2. flatness threshold: default=39, lower -> more deblocking\n"
 "			the h & v deblocking filters share these\n"
-"			so u cant set different thresholds for h / v\n"
-"vb	vdeblock	(2 Threshold)		vertical deblocking filter\n"
-"h1	x1hdeblock				Experimental h deblock filter 1\n"
-"v1	x1vdeblock				Experimental v deblock filter 1\n"
-"dr	dering					Deringing filter\n"
+"			so you can't set different thresholds for h / v\n"
+"vb	vdeblock	(2 threshold)		vertical deblocking filter\n"
+"h1	x1hdeblock				experimental h deblock filter 1\n"
+"v1	x1vdeblock				experimental v deblock filter 1\n"
+"dr	dering					deringing filter\n"
 "al	autolevels				automatic brightness / contrast\n"
 "			f	fullyrange	stretch luminance to (0..255)\n"
 "lb	linblenddeint				linear blend deinterlacer\n"
@@ -600,9 +600,9 @@ char *pp_help=
 "fd	ffmpegdeint				ffmpeg deinterlacer\n"
 "de	default					hb:a,vb:a,dr:a,al\n"
 "fa	fast					h1:a,v1:a,dr:a,al\n"
-"tn	tmpnoise	(3 Thresholds)		Temporal Noise Reducer\n"
+"tn	tmpnoise	(3 threshold)		temporal noise reducer\n"
 "			1. <= 2. <= 3.		larger -> stronger filtering\n"
-"fq	forceQuant	<quantizer>		Force quantizer\n"
+"fq	forceQuant	<quantizer>		force quantizer\n"
 ;
 
 pp_mode_t *pp_get_mode_by_name_and_quality(char *name, int quality)