From cdf7cbd6c887f15527bb89245153c9819b7ea87e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala@poste.it>
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:17:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] documentation: extend documentation for ffmpeg -aspect option

---
 doc/ffmpeg.texi | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/ffmpeg.texi b/doc/ffmpeg.texi
index 47ed58bb370..af9d6ba87a0 100644
--- a/doc/ffmpeg.texi
+++ b/doc/ffmpeg.texi
@@ -232,7 +232,13 @@ The following abbreviations are recognized:
 @end table
 
 @item -aspect @var{aspect}
-Set aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9 or 1.3333, 1.7777).
+Set the video display aspect ratio specified by @var{aspect}.
+
+@var{aspect} can be a floating point number string, or a string of the
+form @var{num}:@var{den}, where @var{num} and @var{den} are the
+numerator and denominator of the aspect ratio. For example "4:3",
+"16:9", "1.3333", and "1.7777" are valid argument values.
+
 @item -croptop @var{size}
 @item -cropbottom @var{size}
 @item -cropleft @var{size}
-- 
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