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@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ ## General Options:
                                     configuration files
     --plugin-dirs PATH              Path to an additional directory to search
                                     for plugins. This option can be used
-                                    multiple times to add multiple directories.
+                                    multiple times to add multiple directories
     --no-plugins                    Disable plugin loading
     --flat-playlist                 Do not extract a playlist's URL result
                                     entries; some entry metadata may be missing