diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py index 5248a92c7d..472ae9c0c7 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py +++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def _hide_login_info(opts): help='languages of the subtitles to download (optional) separated by commas, use IETF language tags like \'en,pt\'') downloader.add_option('-r', '--rate-limit', - dest='ratelimit', metavar='LIMIT', help='maximum download rate (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)') + dest='ratelimit', metavar='LIMIT', help='maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)') downloader.add_option('-R', '--retries', dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', help='number of retries (default is %default)', default=10) downloader.add_option('--buffer-size',