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diff --git a/devscripts/prepare_manpage.py b/devscripts/prepare_manpage.py
index 7ece37754..776e6556e 100644
--- a/devscripts/prepare_manpage.py
+++ b/devscripts/prepare_manpage.py
@@ -8,6 +8,35 @@ import re
ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
README_FILE = os.path.join(ROOT_DIR, 'README.md')
+
+def filter_options(readme):
+ ret = ''
+ in_options = False
+ for line in readme.split('\n'):
+ if line.startswith('# '):
+ if line[2:].startswith('OPTIONS'):
+ in_options = True
+ else:
+ in_options = False
+
+ if in_options:
+ if line.lstrip().startswith('-'):
+ option, description = re.split(r'\s{2,}', line.lstrip())
+ split_option = option.split(' ')
+
+ if not split_option[-1].startswith('-'): # metavar
+ option = ' '.join(split_option[:-1] + ['*%s*' % split_option[-1]])
+
+ # Pandoc's definition_lists. See http://pandoc.org/README.html
+ # for more information.
+ ret += '\n%s\n: %s\n' % (option, description)
+ else:
+ ret += line.lstrip() + '\n'
+ else:
+ ret += line + '\n'
+
+ return ret
+
with io.open(README_FILE, encoding='utf-8') as f:
readme = f.read()
@@ -26,6 +55,8 @@ readme = re.sub(r'(?s)^.*?(?=# DESCRIPTION)', '', readme)
readme = re.sub(r'\s+youtube-dl \[OPTIONS\] URL \[URL\.\.\.\]', '', readme)
readme = PREFIX + readme
+readme = filter_options(readme)
+
if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
print(readme.encode('utf-8'))
else: