From 5e3e19c93c52830da98d9d1ed84ea7a559efefbd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bashonly <88596187+bashonly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 16:46:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [cleanup] Misc (#10043)

Authored by: bashonly
---
 README.md         | 3 +++
 yt_dlp/options.py | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e757567b5a..e8cd6d3a06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -401,6 +401,9 @@ ## Network Options:
     --impersonate CLIENT[:OS]       Client to impersonate for requests. E.g.
                                     chrome, chrome-110, chrome:windows-10. Pass
                                     --impersonate="" to impersonate any client.
+                                    Note that forcing impersonation for all
+                                    requests may have a detrimental impact on
+                                    download speed and stability
     --list-impersonate-targets      List available clients to impersonate.
     -4, --force-ipv4                Make all connections via IPv4
     -6, --force-ipv6                Make all connections via IPv6
diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index 997b575cd4..9615bfbaa4 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -520,7 +520,8 @@ def _alias_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser, opts, nargs):
         metavar='CLIENT[:OS]', dest='impersonate', default=None,
         help=(
             'Client to impersonate for requests. E.g. chrome, chrome-110, chrome:windows-10. '
-            'Pass --impersonate="" to impersonate any client.'),
+            'Pass --impersonate="" to impersonate any client. Note that forcing impersonation '
+            'for all requests may have a detrimental impact on download speed and stability'),
     )
     network.add_option(
         '--list-impersonate-targets',