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diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index 0e5cf0efb..38a357d3b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -363,8 +363,13 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
return self.url_result('http://' + url)
else:
if default_search == 'auto_warning':
- self._downloader.report_warning(
- 'Falling back to youtube search for %s . Set --default-search to "auto" to suppress this warning.' % url)
+ if re.match(r'^(?:url|URL)$', url):
+ raise ExtractorError(
+ 'Invalid URL: %r . Call youtube-dl like this: youtube-dl -v "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaW_jenozKc" ' % url,
+ expected=True)
+ else:
+ self._downloader.report_warning(
+ 'Falling back to youtube search for %s . Set --default-search to "auto" to suppress this warning.' % url)
return self.url_result('ytsearch:' + url)
else:
assert ':' in default_search