The invention relates to a method for driver information in a motor vehicle, wherein an image flow is captured by a motor vehicle recording element, said image containing at least one part of the surrounding of the motor vehicle; a display unit (300) that is inside the motor vehicle reproduces at least one image section of the image flow; and a display control unit of the motor vehicle automatically modifies the surrounding section representing the driver by reproducing the image section using the display unit. During the reproduction of the image section, at least one lot of optical information relating to the position of the surrounding section in relation to the motor vehicle, is fed to the driver in order to represent the surrounding section.