diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index ca691992..cab05b4e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1044,6 +1044,7 @@ Rolf Ahrenberg <rahrenbe@cc.hut.fi>
  for suggesting to limit the length of the recording name in timers created via
  SVDRP in case VDR is run with --vfat, in order to avoid names that are too long
  for Windows
+ for increasing the valid range of the "Subtitle offset" setup option to -100...100
 
 Ralf Klueber <ralf.klueber@vodafone.com>
  for reporting a bug in cutting a recording if there is only a single editing mark
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 71d01c8d..0665c86b 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -5644,7 +5644,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   should be used.
 - Fixed calculating the scrollbar sizes in the skins.
 
-2008-02-23: Version 1.5.16
+2008-02-24: Version 1.5.16
 
 - Fixed setting the current subtitle track in Transfer-Mode (reported by Petri Helin,
   thanks to Reinhard Nissl for pointing out that cDevice::Transferring() doesn't
@@ -5666,3 +5666,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - No longer trying to switch to an available channel if the primary device has
   no valid programme and a menu is open (avoids interference with the CAM in
   case a CAM menu is open).
+- Increased the valid range of the "Subtitle offset" setup option to -100...100
+  (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
diff --git a/MANUAL b/MANUAL
index a21d43c2..bb128f50 100644
--- a/MANUAL
+++ b/MANUAL
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ Version 1.6
                          individual preferred languages.
 
   Subtitle offset = 0    Allows you to shift the location of the subtitles in the
-                         vertical direction. The valid range is -50...50. This option
+                         vertical direction. The valid range is -100...100. This option
                          is only available if "Display subtitles" is set to 'yes'.
 
   Subtitle foreground transparency = 0
diff --git a/menu.c b/menu.c
index 11a7826d..0fb36cbe 100644
--- a/menu.c
+++ b/menu.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: menu.c 1.478 2008/02/23 14:36:43 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: menu.c 1.479 2008/02/24 10:08:42 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "menu.h"
@@ -2498,7 +2498,7 @@ void cMenuSetupDVB::Setup(void)
      Add(new cMenuEditIntItem( tr("Setup.DVB$Subtitle languages"),    &numSubtitleLanguages, 0, I18nLanguages()->Size()));
      for (int i = 0; i < numSubtitleLanguages; i++)
          Add(new cMenuEditStraItem(tr("Setup.DVB$Subtitle language"), &data.SubtitleLanguages[i], I18nLanguages()->Size(), &I18nLanguages()->At(0)));
-     Add(new cMenuEditIntItem( tr("Setup.DVB$Subtitle offset"),                  &data.SubtitleOffset,       -50, 50));
+     Add(new cMenuEditIntItem( tr("Setup.DVB$Subtitle offset"),                  &data.SubtitleOffset,      -100, 100));
      Add(new cMenuEditIntItem( tr("Setup.DVB$Subtitle foreground transparency"), &data.SubtitleFgTransparency, 0, 9));
      Add(new cMenuEditIntItem( tr("Setup.DVB$Subtitle background transparency"), &data.SubtitleBgTransparency, 0, 10));
      }