diff --git a/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi b/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi
index 71bed9b711fef7a94d4d0a067d451fb40305c73a..d9c5c14242519193a49adce8684b136ded0fa66e 100644
--- a/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi
+++ b/doc/ffmpeg-doc.texi
@@ -817,14 +817,14 @@ standard mixer.
 FFmpeg can grab the X11 display.
 
 @example
-ffmpeg -f x11grab -s cif -i :0.0 /tmp/out.mpg
+ffmpeg -f x11grab -s cif -r 25 -i :0.0 /tmp/out.mpg
 @end example
 
 0.0 is display.screen number of your X11 server, same as
 the DISPLAY environment variable.
 
 @example
-ffmpeg -f x11grab -s cif -i :0.0+10,20 /tmp/out.mpg
+ffmpeg -f x11grab -s cif -r 25 -i :0.0+10,20 /tmp/out.mpg
 @end example
 
 0.0 is display.screen number of your X11 server, same as the DISPLAY environment