diff --git a/app/scrcpy.1 b/app/scrcpy.1
index 8f028d7c..0f1147da 100644
--- a/app/scrcpy.1
+++ b/app/scrcpy.1
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Also see \fB\-d\fR (\fB\-\-select\-usb\fR).
 
 .TP
 .BI "\-\-encoder " name
-Use a specific MediaCodec encoder (must be a H.264 encoder).
+Use a specific MediaCodec encoder (depending on the codec provided by \fB\-\-codec\fR).
 
 .TP
 .B \-\-force\-adb\-forward
diff --git a/app/src/cli.c b/app/src/cli.c
index 93712113..8409f18f 100644
--- a/app/src/cli.c
+++ b/app/src/cli.c
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ static const struct sc_option options[] = {
         .longopt_id = OPT_ENCODER_NAME,
         .longopt = "encoder",
         .argdesc = "name",
-        .text = "Use a specific MediaCodec encoder (must be a H.264 encoder).",
+        .text = "Use a specific MediaCodec encoder (depending on the codec "
+                "provided by --codec).",
     },
     {
         .longopt_id = OPT_FORCE_ADB_FORWARD,