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-rwxr-xr-xyoutube_dl/YoutubeDL.py2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
index ccad5f2ea..4915fbd45 100755
--- a/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ class YoutubeDL(object):
file_handler = compat_urllib_request.FileHandler()
def file_open(*args, **kwargs):
- raise compat_urllib_error.URLError('file protocol is disabled')
+ raise compat_urllib_error.URLError('file:/// protocol is explicitly disabled in youtube-dl for security reasons')
file_handler.file_open = file_open
opener = compat_urllib_request.build_opener(