release 2016.03.01

[youtube-dl.git] / README.md

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@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ which means you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
 
 You can configure youtube-dl by placing any supported command line option to a configuration file. On Linux, the system wide configuration file is located at `/etc/youtube-dl.conf` and the user wide configuration file at `~/.config/youtube-dl/config`. On Windows, the user wide configuration file locations are `%APPDATA%\youtube-dl\config.txt` or `C:\Users\<user name>\youtube-dl.conf`.
 
-For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dl will always extract the audio, not copy the mtime, use a proxy and save all videos under `Movies` directory in your `$HOME`:
+For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dl will always extract the audio, not copy the mtime, use a proxy and save all videos under `Movies` directory in your home directory:
 ```
 -x
 --no-mtime
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ For example, with the following configuration file youtube-dl will always extrac
 -o ~/Movies/%(title)s.%(ext)s
 ```
 
+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`.
+
 You can use `--ignore-config` if you want to disable the configuration file for a particular youtube-dl run.
 
 ### Authentication with `.netrc` file