diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index f3f8f23b6b..b692c6b3b1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def _comma_separated_values_options_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser):
         '--geo-verification-proxy',
         dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
         help='Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
-        'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the options is not present) is used for the actual downloading.')
+        'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading.')
     geo.add_option(
         '--cn-verification-proxy',
         dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',