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diff --git a/DOCS/man/ao.rst b/DOCS/man/ao.rst
index e82c541024..979da9ee0e 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/ao.rst
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@@ -107,10 +107,12 @@ Available audio output drivers are:
utility. Note that this does not affect the selected speaker setup.
``--coreaudio-exclusive``
+ Deprecated, use ``--audio-exclusive``.
Use exclusive mode access. This merely redirects to
``coreaudio_exclusive``, but should be preferred over using that AO
directly.
+
``coreaudio_exclusive`` (Mac OS X only)
Native Mac OS X audio output driver using direct device access and
exclusive mode (bypasses the sound server).
@@ -263,6 +265,7 @@ Available audio output drivers are:
The following global options are supported by this audio output:
``--ao-wasapi-exclusive``
+ Deprecated, use ``--audio-exclusive``.
Requests exclusive, direct hardware access. By definition prevents
sound playback of any other program until mpv exits.
``--ao-wasapi-device=<id>``
diff --git a/DOCS/man/options.rst b/DOCS/man/options.rst
index 5d361d10b3..062dc307c0 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/options.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/options.rst
@@ -1008,6 +1008,15 @@ Audio
manually. For example ``name/foobar`` forces the AO ``name`` to use the
device ``foobar``.
+``--audio-exclusive=<yes|no>``
+ Enable exclusive output mode. In this mode, the system is usually locked
+ out, and only mpv will be able to output audio.
+
+ This only works for some audio outputs, such as ``wasapi`` and
+ ``coreaudio``. Other audio outputs silently ignore this options. They either
+ have no concept of exclusive mode, or the mpv side of the implementation is
+ missing.
+
``--audio-fallback-to-null=<yes|no>``
If no audio device can be opened, behave as if ``--ao=null`` was given. This
is useful in combination with ``--audio-device``: instead of causing an