--- doc/filters.texi.orig	2013-02-27 08:06:05.000000000 -0600
+++ doc/filters.texi	2013-02-27 08:12:30.000000000 -0600
@@ -4149,7 +4149,7 @@
 
 @var{layout}[:@var{nb_frames}[:@var{margin}[:@var{padding}]]]
 
-For example, produce 8×8 PNG tiles of all keyframes (@option{-skip_frame
+For example, produce 8x8 PNG tiles of all keyframes (@option{-skip_frame
 nokey}) in a movie:
 @example
 ffmpeg -skip_frame nokey -i file.avi -vf 'scale=128:72,tile=8x8' -an -vsync 0 keyframes%03d.png
@@ -5543,7 +5543,7 @@
 The filter has @var{v}+@var{a} outputs: first @var{v} video outputs, then
 @var{a} audio outputs.
 
-There are @var{n}×(@var{v}+@var{a}) inputs: first the inputs for the first
+There are @var{n}x(@var{v}+@var{a}) inputs: first the inputs for the first
 segment, in the same order as the outputs, then the inputs for the second
 segment, etc.
 
