[cleanup] Misc (#10043)

Authored by: bashonly

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e757567b5a4c006355260bd00fb6a7078f284014..e8cd6d3a06f8c9b578edefed4aa0f289320c0dd4 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ ## Network Options:
     --impersonate CLIENT[:OS]       Client to impersonate for requests. E.g.
                                     chrome, chrome-110, chrome:windows-10. Pass
                                     --impersonate="" to impersonate any client.
+                                    Note that forcing impersonation for all
+                                    requests may have a detrimental impact on
+                                    download speed and stability
     --list-impersonate-targets      List available clients to impersonate.
     -4, --force-ipv4                Make all connections via IPv4
     -6, --force-ipv6                Make all connections via IPv6

diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index 997b575cd46adfeab9ee6ad83261515059dc8c09..9615bfbaa4d38e4e782d4b0e20cfc165237017ab 100644 (file)
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -520,7 +520,8 @@ def _alias_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, opts, nargs):
         metavar='CLIENT[:OS]', dest='impersonate', default=None,
         help=(
             'Client to impersonate for requests. E.g. chrome, chrome-110, chrome:windows-10. '
-            'Pass --impersonate="" to impersonate any client.'),
+            'Pass --impersonate="" to impersonate any client. Note that forcing impersonation '
+            'for all requests may have a detrimental impact on download speed and stability'),
     )
     network.add_option(
         '--list-impersonate-targets',