diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0217eee60..6aa5ea3de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # youtube-dl
 
 ## USAGE
-youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL
+youtube-dl [OPTIONS] URL [URL...]
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
 **youtube-dl** is a small command-line program to download videos from
diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index 3ecae2994..e01cdc75f 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -3391,7 +3391,7 @@ def parseOpts():
 	kw = {
 		'version'   : __version__,
 		'formatter' : fmt,
-		'usage' : '%prog [options] url...',
+		'usage' : '%prog [options] url [url...]',
 		'conflict_handler' : 'resolve',
 	}