Clarify -c. Do not pass it in if you don't know what you're doing

Suggested in #1743

diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index ab7879c5d0eddae974a173f02a335a2b143b5379..1f1db9f676d55c909514bf3fde589550d6d6ca71 100644 (file)
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     filesystem.add_option('-w', '--no-overwrites',
             action='store_true', dest='nooverwrites', help='do not overwrite files', default=False)
     filesystem.add_option('-c', '--continue',
-            action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', help='resume partially downloaded files', default=True)
+            action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', help='force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dl will resume downloads if possible.', default=True)
     filesystem.add_option('--no-continue',
             action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
             help='do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)')