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diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 4628ae933..3f77dba69 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ __authors__  = (
     'Johny Mo Swag',
     'Axel Noack',
     'Albert Kim',
+    'Pierre Rudloff',
 )
 
 __license__ = 'Public Domain'
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     general.add_option('-v', '--version',
             action='version', help='print program version and exit')
     general.add_option('-U', '--update',
-            action='store_true', dest='update_self', help='update this program to latest version')
+            action='store_true', dest='update_self', help='update this program to latest version. Make sure that you have sufficient permissions (run with sudo if needed)')
     general.add_option('-i', '--ignore-errors',
             action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', help='continue on download errors', default=False)
     general.add_option('--dump-user-agent',
@@ -398,6 +399,8 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
             batchurls = batchfd.readlines()
             batchurls = [x.strip() for x in batchurls]
             batchurls = [x for x in batchurls if len(x) > 0 and not re.search(r'^[#/;]', x)]
+            if opts.verbose:
+                sys.stderr.write(u'[debug] Batch file urls: ' + repr(batchurls) + u'\n')
         except IOError:
             sys.exit(u'ERROR: batch file could not be read')
     all_urls = batchurls + args
@@ -591,7 +594,10 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
             if re.match('[0-9a-f]+', out):
                 sys.stderr.write(u'[debug] Git HEAD: ' + out + u'\n')
         except:
-            sys.exc_clear()
+            try:
+                sys.exc_clear()
+            except:
+                pass
         sys.stderr.write(u'[debug] Python version %s - %s' %(platform.python_version(), platform.platform()) + u'\n')
         sys.stderr.write(u'[debug] Proxy map: ' + str(proxy_handler.proxies) + u'\n')