[options] Add --limit-rate alias for rate limiting option

[yt-dlp.git] / youtube_dl / options.py

diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index d1f8d1331cf153a58a42b4220ebe37b441f3df4b..14051b7143d3003098d59b40362116447c156a3e 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -188,7 +188,10 @@ def _hide_login_info(opts):
     network.add_option(
         '--proxy', dest='proxy',
         default=None, metavar='URL',
-        help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS proxy. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection')
+        help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable experimental '
+             'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
+             'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
+             'for direct connection')
     network.add_option(
         '--socket-timeout',
         dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
@@ -392,8 +395,8 @@ def _hide_login_info(opts):
 
     downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
     downloader.add_option(
-        '-r', '--rate-limit',
-        dest='ratelimit', metavar='LIMIT',
+        '-r', '--limit-rate', '--rate-limit',
+        dest='ratelimit', metavar='RATE',
         help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
     downloader.add_option(
         '-R', '--retries',