Improve --impersonate option description

yt-dlp · Mar 15, 2024 · 9a90320 · 9a90320
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ If you fork the project on GitHub, you can run your fork's [build workflow](.git
                                     direct connection
     --socket-timeout SECONDS        Time to wait before giving up, in seconds
     --source-address IP             Client-side IP address to bind to
-    --impersonate [CLIENT[:[VERSION][:[OS][:OS_VERSION]]]]
+    --impersonate CLIENT[:[VERSION][:OS[:OS_VERSION]]]
                                     Client to impersonate for requests. E.g.
                                     chrome, chrome:110, chrome::android. Pass in
                                     an empty string (--impersonate="") to

diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ def _alias_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, opts, nargs):
     )
     network.add_option(
         '--impersonate',
-        metavar='[CLIENT[:[VERSION][:[OS][:OS_VERSION]]]]', dest='impersonate', default=None,
+        metavar='CLIENT[:[VERSION][:OS[:OS_VERSION]]]', dest='impersonate', default=None,
         help='Client to impersonate for requests. E.g. chrome, chrome:110, chrome::android.'
              ' Pass in an empty string (--impersonate="") to impersonate any client.',
     )