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diff --git a/youtube-dl.1 b/youtube-dl.1
index 963bc8d68..2f7f25f31 100644
--- a/youtube-dl.1
+++ b/youtube-dl.1
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ redistribute it or use it however you like.
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(extractor)s\ for\ the\ provider\ (youtube,\ metacafe,
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ etc),\ %(id)s\ for\ the\ video\ id\ and\ %%\ for\ a\ literal
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ percent.\ Use\ -\ to\ output\ to\ stdout.
+--restrict-filenames\ \ \ \ \ Restrict\ filenames\ to\ only\ ASCII\ characters,\ and
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ avoid\ "&"\ and\ spaces\ in\ filenames
 -a,\ --batch-file\ FILE\ \ \ \ file\ containing\ URLs\ to\ download\ (\[aq]-\[aq]\ for\ stdin)
 -w,\ --no-overwrites\ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ overwrite\ files
 -c,\ --continue\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ resume\ partially\ downloaded\ files
@@ -131,6 +133,65 @@ redistribute it or use it however you like.
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ processing;\ the\ video\ is\ erased\ by\ default
 \f[]
 .fi
+.SH CONFIGURATION
+.PP
+You can configure youtube-dl by placing default arguments (such as
+\f[C]--extract-audio\ --no-mtime\f[] to always extract the audio and not
+copy the mtime) into \f[C]/etc/youtube-dl.conf\f[] and/or
+\f[C]~/.local/config/youtube-dl.conf\f[].
+.SH OUTPUT TEMPLATE
+.PP
+The \f[C]-o\f[] option allows users to indicate a template for the
+output file names.
+The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a
+single file, like in
+\f[C]youtube-dl\ -o\ funny_video.flv\ "http://some/video"\f[].
+However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when
+downloading each video.
+The special sequences have the format \f[C]%(NAME)s\f[].
+To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parenthesis,
+followed by a lowercase S.
+Allowed names are:
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]id\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video identifier.
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]url\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video URL.
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]uploader\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the nickname of the
+person who uploaded the video.
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]upload_date\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the upload date
+in YYYYMMDD format.
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]title\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the video title.
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]ext\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the appropriate extension
+(like flv or mp4).
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]epoch\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by the Unix epoch when
+creating the file.
+.IP \[bu] 2
+\f[C]autonumber\f[]: The sequence will be replaced by a five-digit
+number that will be increased with each download, starting at zero.
+.PP
+The current default template is \f[C]%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[], but that will
+be switchted to \f[C]%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s\f[] (which can be
+requested with \f[C]-t\f[] at the moment).
+.PP
+In some cases, you don\[aq]t want special characters such as 中, spaces,
+or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows
+system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel.
+In these cases, add the \f[C]--restrict-filenames\f[] flag to get a
+shorter title:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+$\ youtube-dl\ --get-filename\ -o\ "%(title)s.%(ext)s"\ BaW_jenozKc
+youtube-dl\ test\ video\ \[aq]\[aq]_ä↭𝕐.mp4\ \ \ \ #\ All\ kinds\ of\ weird\ characters
+$\ youtube-dl\ --get-filename\ -o\ "%(title)s.%(ext)s"\ BaW_jenozKc\ --restrict-filenames
+youtube-dl_test_video_.mp4\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ A\ simple\ file\ name
+\f[]
+.fi
 .SH FAQ
 .SS Can you please put the -b option back?
 .PP
@@ -204,10 +265,10 @@ Please note that Python 2.5 is not supported anymore.
 .PP
 Since June 2012 (#342) youtube-dl is packed as an executable zipfile,
 simply unzip it (might need renaming to \f[C]youtube-dl.zip\f[] first on
-some systems) or clone the git repo to see the code.
+some systems) or clone the git repository, as laid out above.
 If you modify the code, you can run it by executing the
 \f[C]__main__.py\f[] file.
-To recompile the executable, run \f[C]make\ compile\f[].
+To recompile the executable, run \f[C]make\ youtube-dl\f[].
 .SS The exe throws a \f[I]Runtime error from Visual C++\f[]
 .PP
 To run the exe you need to install first the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008