--- libavfilter.texi.nodt	2010-05-03 00:39:50.516428954 -0700
+++ libavfilter.texi	2010-05-03 00:28:42.221181682 -0700
@@ -148,6 +148,91 @@
 Draw a box with @var{x}:@var{y}:@var{width}:@var{height}:@var{color}
 dimensions in a chosen color.
 
+@section drawtext
+
+Draws text string or text from specified file on top of video.
+The filter also recognizes strftime() sequences in the provided text and
+expand them accordingly. Check the documentation of strftime().
+
+The filter accepts parameters as a list of $var{key}=var{value} pairs,
+separated by ":"
+
+The description of the accepted parameters follows.
+
+@table @option
+@item fontfile
+
+Specifies the font file to be used for drawing text. Path must be included.
+This parameter is mandatory.
+
+@item text
+
+Specifies the text string to be drawn.
+This parameter is mandatory if no file is specified.
+
+@item textfile
+
+Specifies a text file containing text to be drawn. Max of 1024 characters are
+read from the file.
+
+This parameter is mandatory if no text string is specified.
+
+If both text and textfile are specified, an error is thrown.
+
+@item x, y
+
+Specify the offsets where text will be drawn within the video
+frame. Relative to the top/left border of the output image.
+
+The default value of $var{x} and $var{y} is 0.
+
+@item fontsize
+
+Specifies the font size to be used for drawing text.
+
+The default value of $var{size} is 16.
+
+@item fgcolor
+
+Specifies the foreground color to be used for drawing text.
+Specify either as a string (e.g. red) or as 0xRRGGBB[AA] (e.g. 0xff000033)
+
+The default value of $var{fgcolor} is black.
+
+@item bgcolor
+
+Specifies the background color to be used for drawing box around text
+or drawing text outline based on option selected.
+Specify either as a string (e.g. yellow) or as 0xRRGGBB[AA] (e.g. 0xff00ff)
+
+The default value of $var{bgcolor} is white.
+
+@item box
+
+Specifies whether to draw a box around text using background color.
+Value should be either 1(enable) or 0(disable).
+
+The default value of $var{box} is 0.
+
+@item outline
+
+Specifies whether to draw an outline around text using background color.
+Value should be either 1(enable) or 0(disable).
+
+The default value of $var{outline} is 0.
+
+@end table
+@example
+drawtext="fontfile=FreeSerif.ttf: text=TestText: x=100: y=50: fontsize=24:
+          fgcolor=0xff00ff33: bgcolor=Red: b=1"
+@end example
+
+Draw 'TestText' with font FreeSerif of size 24 at (100,50), text color is yellow,
+background color is red, draw a box around text.
+
+Note that the double quotes are not necessary if spaces are not used within
+the parameter list.
+
 @section fifo
 
 @example