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diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index e50ecc579..da6b1d25b 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -1400,14 +1400,15 @@ def create_parser():
help='Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--cookies-from-browser',
- dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE[:CONTAINER]]',
+ dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE][::CONTAINER]',
help=(
- 'The name of the browser and (optionally) the name/path of the profile to load cookies from '
- '(and container name if Firefox) separated by a ":". '
+ 'The name of the browser to load cookies from. '
f'Currently supported browsers are: {", ".join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS))}. '
- 'By default, the default container of the most recently accessed profile is used. '
- 'The keyring used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux can be '
- '(optionally) specified after the browser name separated by a "+". '
+ 'Optionally, the KEYRING used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux, '
+ 'the name/path of the PROFILE to load cookies from, '
+ 'and the CONTAINER name (if Firefox) ("none" for no container) '
+ 'can be given with their respective seperators. '
+ 'By default, all containers of the most recently accessed profile are used. '
f'Currently supported keyrings are: {", ".join(map(str.lower, sorted(SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS)))}'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-cookies-from-browser',