diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index bc214562d..44332ea9a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dl will always extrac --no-mtime --proxy 127.0.0.1:3128 -o ~/Movies/%(title)s.%(ext)s +# Lines starting with # are comments ``` Note that options in configuration file are just the same options aka switches used in regular command line calls thus there **must be no whitespace** after `-` or `--`, e.g. `-o` or `--proxy` but not `- o` or `-- proxy`.