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diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index f4333c7e5..2791d180a 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
'temp' and the keys of OUTTMPL_TYPES (in utils.py)
outtmpl: Dictionary of templates for output names. Allowed keys
are 'default' and the keys of OUTTMPL_TYPES (in utils.py).
- A string a also accepted for backward compatibility
+ For compatibility with youtube-dl, a single string can also be used
outtmpl_na_placeholder: Placeholder for unavailable meta fields.
restrictfilenames: Do not allow "&" and spaces in file names
trim_file_name: Limit length of filename (extension excluded)
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
overwrites: Overwrite all video and metadata files if True,
overwrite only non-video files if None
and don't overwrite any file if False
+ For compatibility with youtube-dl,
+ "nooverwrites" may also be used instead
playliststart: Playlist item to start at.
playlistend: Playlist item to end at.
playlist_items: Specific indices of playlist to download.
@@ -246,7 +248,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
writedescription: Write the video description to a .description file
writeinfojson: Write the video description to a .info.json file
clean_infojson: Remove private fields from the infojson
- writecomments: Extract video comments. This will not be written to disk
+ getcomments: Extract video comments. This will not be written to disk
unless writeinfojson is also given
writeannotations: Write the video annotations to a .annotations.xml file
writethumbnail: Write the thumbnail image to a file
@@ -420,10 +422,12 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
ffmpeg_location: Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary; either the path
to the binary or its containing directory.
postprocessor_args: A dictionary of postprocessor/executable keys (in lower case)
- and a list of additional command-line arguments for the
- postprocessor/executable. The dict can also have "PP+EXE" keys
- which are used when the given exe is used by the given PP.
- Use 'default' as the name for arguments to passed to all PP
+ and a list of additional command-line arguments for the
+ postprocessor/executable. The dict can also have "PP+EXE" keys
+ which are used when the given exe is used by the given PP.
+ Use 'default' as the name for arguments to passed to all PP
+ For compatibility with youtube-dl, a single list of args
+ can also be used
The following options are used by the extractors:
extractor_retries: Number of times to retry for known errors