diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 20d8015555..9667603c62 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,14 +97,16 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
 # OPTIONS
     -h, --help                       Print this help text and exit
     --version                        Print program version and exit
-    -U, --update                     Update this program to latest version. Make
+    -U, --update                     (Doesn't work since there is no release) 
+                                     Update this program to latest version. Make
                                      sure that you have sufficient permissions
                                      (run with sudo if needed)
+                                     
     -i, --ignore-errors              Continue on download errors, for example to
                                      skip unavailable videos in a playlist
-    --abort-on-error                 Abort downloading of further videos (in the
-                                     playlist or the command line) if an error
-                                     occurs
+                                     (Same as --no-abort-on-error)
+    --abort-on-error                 Abort downloading of further videos if an 
+                                     error occurs (Same as --no-ignore-errors)
     --dump-user-agent                Display the current browser identification
     --list-extractors                List all supported extractors
     --extractor-descriptions         Output descriptions of all supported
@@ -113,24 +115,26 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
                                      extractor
     --default-search PREFIX          Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For
                                      example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos
-                                     from google videos for youtube-dlc "large
+                                     from google videos for youtube-dl "large
                                      apple". Use the value "auto" to let
-                                     youtube-dlc guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
+                                     youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a
                                      warning when guessing). "error" just throws
                                      an error. The default value "fixup_error"
                                      repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if
                                      this is not possible instead of searching.
-    --ignore-config                  Do not read configuration files. When given
+    --ignore-config, --no-config     Do not read configuration files. When given
                                      in the global configuration file
-                                     /etc/youtube-dlc.conf: Do not read the user
+                                     /etc/youtube-dl.conf: Do not read the user
                                      configuration in ~/.config/youtube-
-                                     dlc/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-
-                                     dlc/config.txt on Windows)
+                                     dl/config (%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt
+                                     on Windows)
     --config-location PATH           Location of the configuration file; either
                                      the path to the config or its containing
                                      directory.
     --flat-playlist                  Do not extract the videos of a playlist,
                                      only list them.
+    --flat-videos                    Do not resolve the video urls
+    --no-flat-playlist               Extract the videos of a playlist
     --mark-watched                   Mark videos watched (YouTube only)
     --no-mark-watched                Do not mark videos watched (YouTube only)
     --no-color                       Do not emit color codes in output
@@ -183,11 +187,15 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
                                      SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
     --max-filesize SIZE              Do not download any videos larger than SIZE
                                      (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)
-    --date DATE                      Download only videos uploaded in this date
+    --date DATE                      Download only videos uploaded in this date.
+                                     The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format
+                                     "(now|today)[+-][0-9](day|week|month|year)(s)?"
     --datebefore DATE                Download only videos uploaded on or before
-                                     this date (i.e. inclusive)
+                                     this date (i.e. inclusive). The date formats  
+                                     accepted is the same as --date
     --dateafter DATE                 Download only videos uploaded on or after
-                                     this date (i.e. inclusive)
+                                     this date (i.e. inclusive). The date formats  
+                                     accepted is the same as --date
     --min-views COUNT                Do not download any videos with less than
                                      COUNT views
     --max-views COUNT                Do not download any videos with more than
@@ -211,6 +219,7 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
                                      service), but who also have a description,
                                      use --match-filter "like_count > 100 &
                                      dislike_count <? 50 & description" .
+    --no-match-filter FILTER         Do not use generic video filter (default)
     --no-playlist                    Download only the video, if the URL refers
                                      to a video and a playlist.
     --yes-playlist                   Download the playlist, if the URL refers to
@@ -220,10 +229,11 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
     --download-archive FILE          Download only videos not listed in the
                                      archive file. Record the IDs of all
                                      downloaded videos in it.
+    --no-download-archive            Do not use archive file (default)
     --break-on-existing              Stop the download process after attempting
                                      to download a file that's in the archive.
-    --include-ads                    Download advertisements as well
-                                     (experimental)
+    --include-ads                    Download advertisements as well (experimental)
+    --no-include-ads                 Do not download advertisements (default)
 
 ## Download Options:
     -r, --limit-rate RATE            Maximum download rate in bytes per second
@@ -233,25 +243,28 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
     --fragment-retries RETRIES       Number of retries for a fragment (default
                                      is 10), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and
                                      ISM)
-    --skip-unavailable-fragments     Skip unavailable fragments (DASH, hlsnative
-                                     and ISM)
-    --abort-on-unavailable-fragment  Abort downloading when some fragment is not
-                                     available
+    --skip-unavailable-fragments     Skip unavailable fragments for DASH,
+                                     hlsnative and ISM (default)
+                                     (Same as --no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment)
+    --abort-on-unavailable-fragment  Abort downloading if a fragment is unavailable
+                                     (Same as --no-skip-unavailable-fragments)
     --keep-fragments                 Keep downloaded fragments on disk after
-                                     downloading is finished; fragments are
-                                     erased by default
+                                     downloading is finished
+    --no-keep-fragments              Delete downloaded fragments after downloading
+                                     is finished (default)
     --buffer-size SIZE               Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K)
                                      (default is 1024)
+    --resize-buffer                  The buffer size is automatically resized from 
+                                     an initial value of --buffer-size (default)
     --no-resize-buffer               Do not automatically adjust the buffer
-                                     size. By default, the buffer size is
-                                     automatically resized from an initial value
-                                     of SIZE.
+                                     size
     --http-chunk-size SIZE           Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP
                                      downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default
                                      is disabled). May be useful for bypassing
                                      bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver
                                      (experimental)
     --playlist-reverse               Download playlist videos in reverse order
+    --no-playlist-reverse            Download playlist videos in default order
     --playlist-random                Download playlist videos in random order
     --xattr-set-filesize             Set file xattribute ytdl.filesize with
                                      expected file size
@@ -274,7 +287,6 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
                                      stdin), one URL per line. Lines starting
                                      with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as
                                      comments and ignored.
-    --id                             Use only video ID in file name
     -o, --output TEMPLATE            Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT
                                      TEMPLATE" for all the info
     --autonumber-start NUMBER        Specify the start value for %(autonumber)s
@@ -282,31 +294,39 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
     --restrict-filenames             Restrict filenames to only ASCII
                                      characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in
                                      filenames
+    --no-restrict-filenames          Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces
+                                     in filenames (default)
     -w, --no-overwrites              Do not overwrite files
-    -c, --continue                   Force resume of partially downloaded files.
-                                     By default, youtube-dlc will resume
-                                     downloads if possible.
+    -c, --continue                   Resume partially downloaded files (default)
     --no-continue                    Do not resume partially downloaded files
                                      (restart from beginning)
+    --part                           Use .part files instead of writing directly 
+                                     into output file (default)
     --no-part                        Do not use .part files - write directly
                                      into output file
+    --mtime                          Use the Last-modified header to set the 
+                                     file modification time
     --no-mtime                       Do not use the Last-modified header to set
                                      the file modification time
     --write-description              Write video description to a .description
                                      file
+    --no-write-description           Do not write video description (default)
     --write-info-json                Write video metadata to a .info.json file
+    --no-write-info-json             Do not write video metadata (default)
     --write-annotations              Write video annotations to a
                                      .annotations.xml file
+    --no-write-annotations           Do not write video annotations (default)
     --load-info-json FILE            JSON file containing the video information
                                      (created with the "--write-info-json"
                                      option)
     --cookies FILE                   File to read cookies from and dump cookie
                                      jar in
-    --cache-dir DIR                  Location in the filesystem where youtube-
-                                     dlc can store some downloaded information
+    --no-cookies                     Do not read/dump cookies (default)
+    --cache-dir DIR                  Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl
+                                     can store some downloaded information
                                      permanently. By default
-                                     $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dlc or
-                                     ~/.cache/youtube-dlc . At the moment, only
+                                     $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or
+                                     ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only
                                      YouTube player files (for videos with
                                      obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that
                                      may change.
@@ -317,6 +337,7 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
 
 ## Thumbnail images:
     --write-thumbnail                Write thumbnail image to disk
+    --no-write-thumbnail             Do not write thumbnail image to disk
     --write-all-thumbnails           Write all thumbnail image formats to disk
     --list-thumbnails                Simulate and list all available thumbnail
                                      formats
@@ -325,10 +346,10 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
     --write-link                     Write an internet shortcut file, depending on 
                                      the current platform (.url/.webloc/.desktop). 
                                      The URL may be cached by the OS.
-    --write-url-link                 Write a Windows internet shortcut file (.url). 
-                                     Note that the OS caches the URL based on the file path.
-    --write-webloc-link              Write a macOS internet shortcut file (.webloc)
-    --write-desktop-link             Write a Linux internet shortcut file (.desktop)
+    --write-url-link                 Write a Windows .url internet shortcut file. 
+                                     (The OS caches the URL based on the file path)
+    --write-webloc-link              Write a .webloc macOS internet shortcut file
+    --write-desktop-link             Write a .desktop Linux internet shortcut file
 
 ## Verbosity / Simulation Options:
     -q, --quiet                      Activate quiet mode
@@ -367,10 +388,9 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
                                      files in the current directory to debug
                                      problems
     --print-traffic                  Display sent and read HTTP traffic
-    -C, --call-home                  Contact the youtube-dlc server for
-                                     debugging
-    --no-call-home                   Do NOT contact the youtube-dlc server for
-                                     debugging
+    -C, --call-home                  Contact the youtube-dlc server for debugging
+    --no-call-home                   Do not contact the youtube-dlc server for
+                                     debugging (default)
 
 ## Workarounds:
     --encoding ENCODING              Force the specified encoding (experimental)
@@ -411,20 +431,34 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
     --no-format-sort-force           Some fields have precedence over the user
                                      specified sort order, see "Sorting Formats"
                                      for more details (default)
-    --video-multistreams             Allow multiple video streams to be merged into a single file (default)
-    --no-video-multistreams          Only one video stream is downloaded for each output file
-    --audio-multistreams             Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into a single file (default)
-    --no-audio-multistreams          Only one audio stream is downloaded for each output file
+    --video-multistreams             Allow multiple video streams to be merged into
+                                     a single file (default)
+    --no-video-multistreams          Only one video stream is downloaded for each
+                                     output file
+    --audio-multistreams             Allow multiple audio streams to be merged into
+                                     a single file (default)
+    --no-audio-multistreams          Only one audio stream is downloaded for each
+                                     output file
     --all-formats                    Download all available video formats
     --prefer-free-formats            Prefer free video formats unless a specific
                                      one is requested
     -F, --list-formats               List all available formats of requested
                                      videos
     --list-formats-as-table          Present the output of -F in a more tabular form
+    --list-formats-old               Present the output of -F in older form (default)
+                                     (Same as --no-list-formats-as-table)
     --youtube-skip-dash-manifest     Do not download the DASH manifests and
                                      related data on YouTube videos
+                                     (Same as --no-youtube-include-dash-manifest)
+    --youtube-include-dash-manifest  Download the DASH manifests and related data 
+                                     on YouTube videos (default)
+                                     (Same as --no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest)
     --youtube-skip-hls-manifest      Do not download the HLS manifests and
                                      related data on YouTube videos
+                                     (Same as --no-youtube-include-hls-manifest)
+    --youtube-include-hls-manifest   Download the HLS manifests and related data 
+                                     on YouTube videos (default)
+                                     (Same as --no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest)
     --merge-output-format FORMAT     If a merge is required (e.g.
                                      bestvideo+bestaudio), output to given
                                      container format. One of mkv, mp4, ogg,
@@ -432,8 +466,11 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
 
 ## Subtitle Options:
     --write-sub                      Write subtitle file
+    --no-write-sub                   Do not write subtitle file (default)
     --write-auto-sub                 Write automatically generated subtitle file
                                      (YouTube only)
+    --no-write-auto-sub              Do not write automatically generated
+                                     subtitle file (default)
     --all-subs                       Download all the available subtitles of the
                                      video
     --list-subs                      List all available subtitles for the video
@@ -483,15 +520,19 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
                                      necessary (currently supported:
                                      mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)
     --postprocessor-args ARGS        Give these arguments to the postprocessor
-    -k, --keep-video                 Keep the video file on disk after the post-
-                                     processing; the video is erased by default
-    --no-post-overwrites             Do not overwrite post-processed files; the
-                                     post-processed files are overwritten by
-                                     default
+    -k, --keep-video                 Keep the intermediate video file on disk 
+                                     after post-processing
+    --no-keep-video                  Delete the intermediate video file after 
+                                     post-processing (default)
+    --post-overwrites                Overwrite post-processed files (default)
+    --no-post-overwrites             Do not overwrite post-processed files
     --embed-subs                     Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4,
                                      webm and mkv videos)
+    --no-embed-subs                  Do not embed subtitles in the video (default)
     --embed-thumbnail                Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
+    --no-embed-thumbnail             Do not embed thumbnail (default)
     --add-metadata                   Write metadata to the video file
+    --no-add-metadata                Do not write metadata (default)
     --metadata-from-title FORMAT     Parse additional metadata like song title /
                                      artist from the video title. The format
                                      syntax is the same as --output. Regular
@@ -510,9 +551,10 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
                                      default; fix file if we can, warn
                                      otherwise)
     --prefer-avconv                  Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the
-                                     postprocessors
+                                     postprocessors (Same as --no-prefer-ffmpeg)
     --prefer-ffmpeg                  Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the
                                      postprocessors (default)
+                                     (Same as --no-prefer-avconv)
     --ffmpeg-location PATH           Location of the ffmpeg/avconv binary;
                                      either the path to the binary or its
                                      containing directory.
@@ -524,13 +566,18 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
                                      (currently supported: srt|ass|vtt|lrc)
 
 ## SponSkrub Options (SponsorBlock)
-    --sponskrub                      Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections
-                                     with the data available in SponsorBlock API
-                                     (Youtube only)
+    --sponskrub                      Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections with
+                                     the data available in SponsorBlock API. This
+                                     is enabled by default if the sponskrub binary
+                                     exists (Youtube only)
     --sponskrub-cut                  Cut out the sponsor sections instead of
                                      simply marking them
-    --sponskrub-force                Run sponskrub even if the video was
-                                     already downloaded. Use with caution
+    --no-sponskrub-cut               Simply mark the sponsor sections, not cut
+                                     them out (default)
+    --sponskrub-force                Allow cutting out the sponsor sections even
+                                     if the video was already downloaded.
+    --no-sponskrub-force             Do not cut out the sponsor sections if the
+                                     video was already downloaded (default)
     --sponskrub-location             Location of the sponskrub binary;
                                      either the path to the binary or its
                                      containing directory
@@ -538,6 +585,9 @@ I will add some memorable short links to the binaries so you can download them e
 
 ## Extractor Options:
     --ignore-dynamic-mpd             Do not process dynamic DASH manifests
+                                     (Same as --no-allow-dynamic-mpd)
+    --allow-dynamic-mpd              Process dynamic DASH manifests (default)
+                                     (Same as --no-ignore-dynamic-mpd)
 
 # CONFIGURATION
 
diff --git a/youtube_dlc/options.py b/youtube_dlc/options.py
index 093b71a211..733eec8bd1 100644
--- a/youtube_dlc/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dlc/options.py
@@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         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',
+        '-i', '--ignore-errors', '--no-abort-on-error',
         action='store_true', dest='ignoreerrors', default=False,
         help='Continue on download errors, for example to skip unavailable videos in a playlist')
     general.add_option(
-        '--abort-on-error',
+        '--abort-on-error', '--no-ignore-errors',
         action='store_false', dest='ignoreerrors',
-        help='Abort downloading of further videos (in the playlist or the command line) if an error occurs')
+        help='Abort downloading of further videos if an error occurs (default)')
     general.add_option(
         '--dump-user-agent',
         action='store_true', dest='dump_user_agent', default=False,
@@ -168,23 +168,31 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     general.add_option(
         '--default-search',
         dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
-        help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dlc "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dlc guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching.')
+        help='Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. For example "gvsearch2:" downloads two videos from google videos for youtube-dl "large apple". Use the value "auto" to let youtube-dl guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). "error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching.')
     general.add_option(
-        '--ignore-config',
+        '--ignore-config', '--no-config',
         action='store_true',
-        help='Do not read configuration files. '
-        'When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dlc.conf: '
-        'Do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dlc/config '
-        '(%APPDATA%/youtube-dlc/config.txt on Windows)')
+        help=(
+            'Do not read configuration files. '
+            'When given in the global configuration file /etc/youtube-dl.conf: '
+            'Do not read the user configuration in ~/.config/youtube-dl/config '
+            '(%APPDATA%/youtube-dl/config.txt on Windows)'))
     general.add_option(
         '--config-location',
         dest='config_location', metavar='PATH',
         help='Location of the configuration file; either the path to the config or its containing directory.')
     general.add_option(
         '--flat-playlist',
-        action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist',
-        default=False,
+        action='store_const', dest='extract_flat', const='in_playlist', default=False,
         help='Do not extract the videos of a playlist, only list them.')
+    general.add_option(
+        '--flat-videos',
+        action='store_true', dest='extract_flat',
+        help='Do not resolve the video urls')
+    general.add_option(
+        '--no-flat-playlist',
+        action='store_false', dest='extract_flat',
+        help='Extract the videos of a playlist')
     general.add_option(
         '--mark-watched',
         action='store_true', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
@@ -192,7 +200,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     general.add_option(
         '--no-mark-watched',
         action='store_false', dest='mark_watched', default=False,
-        help='Do not mark videos watched (YouTube only)')
+        help='Do not mark videos watched')
     general.add_option(
         '--no-color', '--no-colors',
         action='store_true', dest='no_color',
@@ -203,10 +211,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     network.add_option(
         '--proxy', dest='proxy',
         default=None, metavar='URL',
-        help='Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable '
-             'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
-             'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
-             'for direct connection')
+        help=(
+            'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable '
+            'SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. For example '
+            'socks5://127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") '
+            'for direct connection'))
     network.add_option(
         '--socket-timeout',
         dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
@@ -231,8 +240,9 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     geo.add_option(
         '--geo-verification-proxy',
         dest='geo_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
-        help='Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
-        'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading.')
+        help=(
+            'Use this proxy to verify the IP address for some geo-restricted sites. '
+            'The default proxy specified by --proxy (or none, if the option is not present) is used for the actual downloading.'))
     geo.add_option(
         '--cn-verification-proxy',
         dest='cn_verification_proxy', default=None, metavar='URL',
@@ -326,8 +336,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
             '100 times and disliked less than 50 times (or the dislike '
             'functionality is not available at the given service), but who '
             'also have a description, use --match-filter '
-            '"like_count > 100 & dislike_count <? 50 & description" .'
-        ))
+            '"like_count > 100 & dislike_count <? 50 & description" .'))
+    selection.add_option(
+        '--no-match-filter',
+        metavar='FILTER', dest='match_filter', action='store_const', const=None,
+        help='Do not use generic video filter (default)')
     selection.add_option(
         '--no-playlist',
         action='store_true', dest='noplaylist', default=False,
@@ -348,10 +361,18 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--break-on-existing',
         action='store_true', dest='break_on_existing', default=False,
         help="Stop the download process after attempting to download a file that's in the archive.")
+    selection.add_option(
+        '--no-download-archive',
+        dest='download_archive', action="store_const", const=None,
+        help='Do not use archive file (default)')
     selection.add_option(
         '--include-ads',
         dest='include_ads', action='store_true',
         help='Download advertisements as well (experimental)')
+    selection.add_option(
+        '--no-include-ads',
+        dest='include_ads', action='store_false',
+        help='Do not download advertisements (default)')
 
     authentication = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Authentication Options')
     authentication.add_option(
@@ -448,23 +469,23 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         action='store_true', dest='listformats_table', default=False,
         help='Present the output of -F in a more tabular form')
     video_format.add_option(
-        '--list-formats-old',
+        '--list-formats-old', '--no-list-formats-as-table',
         action='store_false', dest='listformats_table',
-        help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+        help='Present the output of -F in the old form')
     video_format.add_option(
-        '--youtube-include-dash-manifest',
+        '--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
         action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest', default=True,
-        help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+        help='Download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos (default)')
     video_format.add_option(
-        '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
+        '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-dash-manifest',
         action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_dash_manifest',
         help='Do not download the DASH manifests and related data on YouTube videos')
     video_format.add_option(
-        '--youtube-include-hls-manifest',
+        '--youtube-include-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
         action='store_true', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest', default=True,
-        help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+        help='Download the HLS manifests and related data on YouTube videos (default)')
     video_format.add_option(
-        '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest',
+        '--youtube-skip-hls-manifest', '--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest',
         action='store_false', dest='youtube_include_hls_manifest',
         help='Do not download the HLS manifests and related data on YouTube videos')
     video_format.add_option(
@@ -477,13 +498,21 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
 
     subtitles = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
     subtitles.add_option(
-        '--write-sub', '--write-srt',
+        '--write-subs', '--write-srt',
         action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles', default=False,
         help='Write subtitle file')
     subtitles.add_option(
-        '--write-auto-sub', '--write-automatic-sub',
+        '--no-write-subs', '--no-write-srt',
+        action='store_false', dest='writesubtitles',
+        help='Do not write subtitle file (default)')
+    subtitles.add_option(
+        '--write-auto-subs', '--write-automatic-subs',
         action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
         help='Write automatically generated subtitle file (YouTube only)')
+    subtitles.add_option(
+        '--no-write-auto-subs', '--no-write-automatic-subs',
+        action='store_false', dest='writeautomaticsub', default=False,
+        help='Do not write automatically generated subtitle file (default)')
     subtitles.add_option(
         '--all-subs',
         action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles', default=False,
@@ -516,30 +545,39 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         dest='fragment_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
         help='Number of retries for a fragment (default is %default), or "infinite" (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
     downloader.add_option(
-        '--skip-unavailable-fragments',
+        '--skip-unavailable-fragments','--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
         action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
-        help='Skip unavailable fragments (DASH, hlsnative and ISM)')
+        help='Skip unavailable fragments for DASH, hlsnative and ISM (default)')
     downloader.add_option(
-        '--abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
+        '--abort-on-unavailable-fragment', '--no-skip-unavailable-fragments',
         action='store_false', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments',
         help='Abort downloading when some fragment is not available')
     downloader.add_option(
         '--keep-fragments',
         action='store_true', dest='keep_fragments', default=False,
-        help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished; fragments are erased by default')
+        help='Keep downloaded fragments on disk after downloading is finished')
+    downloader.add_option(
+        '--no-keep-fragments',
+        action='store_false', dest='keep_fragments',
+        help='Delete downloaded fragments after downloading is finished (default)')
     downloader.add_option(
         '--buffer-size',
         dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
         help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
+    downloader.add_option(
+        '--resize-buffer',
+        action='store_false', dest='noresizebuffer',
+        help='The buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of --buffer-size (default)')
     downloader.add_option(
         '--no-resize-buffer',
         action='store_true', dest='noresizebuffer', default=False,
-        help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size. By default, the buffer size is automatically resized from an initial value of SIZE.')
+        help='Do not automatically adjust the buffer size')
     downloader.add_option(
         '--http-chunk-size',
         dest='http_chunk_size', metavar='SIZE', default=None,
-        help='Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled). '
-             'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)')
+        help=(
+            'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled). '
+            'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
     downloader.add_option(
         '--test',
         action='store_true', dest='test', default=False,
@@ -548,6 +586,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--playlist-reverse',
         action='store_true',
         help='Download playlist videos in reverse order')
+    downloader.add_option(
+        '--no-playlist-reverse',
+        action='store_false', dest='playlist_reverse', 
+        help='Download playlist videos in default order (default)')
     downloader.add_option(
         '--playlist-random',
         action='store_true',
@@ -567,13 +609,15 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     downloader.add_option(
         '--hls-use-mpegts',
         dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true',
-        help='Use the mpegts container for HLS videos, allowing to play the '
-             'video while downloading (some players may not be able to play it)')
+        help=(
+            'Use the mpegts container for HLS videos, allowing to play the '
+            'video while downloading (some players may not be able to play it)'))
     downloader.add_option(
         '--external-downloader',
         dest='external_downloader', metavar='COMMAND',
-        help='Use the specified external downloader. '
-             'Currently supports %s' % ','.join(list_external_downloaders()))
+        help=(
+            'Use the specified external downloader. '
+            'Currently supports %s' % ','.join(list_external_downloaders()) ))
     downloader.add_option(
         '--external-downloader-args',
         dest='external_downloader_args', metavar='ARGS',
@@ -589,8 +633,8 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         action='store_true', dest='no_check_certificate', default=False,
         help='Suppress HTTPS certificate validation')
     workarounds.add_option(
-        '--prefer-insecure',
-        '--prefer-unsecure', action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
+        '--prefer-insecure', '--prefer-unsecure',
+        action='store_true', dest='prefer_insecure',
         help='Use an unencrypted connection to retrieve information about the video. (Currently supported only for YouTube)')
     workarounds.add_option(
         '--user-agent',
@@ -644,7 +688,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         action='store_true', dest='simulate', default=False,
         help='Do not download the video and do not write anything to disk')
     verbosity.add_option(
-        '--skip-download',
+        '--skip-download', '--no-download',
         action='store_true', dest='skip_download', default=False,
         help='Do not download the video')
     verbosity.add_option(
@@ -686,7 +730,9 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     verbosity.add_option(
         '-J', '--dump-single-json',
         action='store_true', dest='dump_single_json', default=False,
-        help='Simulate, quiet but print JSON information for each command-line argument. If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole playlist information in a single line.')
+        help=(
+            'Simulate, quiet but print JSON information for each command-line argument.'
+            'If the URL refers to a playlist, dump the whole playlist information in a single line.'))
     verbosity.add_option(
         '--print-json',
         action='store_true', dest='print_json', default=False,
@@ -735,8 +781,8 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         help='Contact the youtube-dlc server for debugging')
     verbosity.add_option(
         '--no-call-home',
-        dest='call_home', action='store_false', default=False,
-        help='Do NOT contact the youtube-dlc server for debugging')
+        dest='call_home', action='store_false',
+        help='Do not contact the youtube-dlc server for debugging (default)')
 
     filesystem = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
     filesystem.add_option(
@@ -746,11 +792,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
              "Lines starting with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as comments and ignored.")
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--id', default=False,
-        action='store_true', dest='useid', help='Use only video ID in file name')
+        action='store_true', dest='useid', help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
     filesystem.add_option(
         '-o', '--output',
         dest='outtmpl', metavar='TEMPLATE',
-        help=('Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for all the info'))
+        help='Output filename template, see the "OUTPUT TEMPLATE" for details')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--autonumber-size',
         dest='autonumber_size', metavar='NUMBER', type=int,
@@ -763,6 +809,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--restrict-filenames',
         action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
         help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
+    filesystem.add_option(
+        '--no-restrict-filenames',
+        action='store_false', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
+        help='Allow Unicode characters, "&" and spaces in filenames (default)')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '-A', '--auto-number',
         action='store_true', dest='autonumber', default=False,
@@ -782,31 +832,51 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     filesystem.add_option(
         '-c', '--continue',
         action='store_true', dest='continue_dl', default=True,
-        help='Force resume of partially downloaded files. By default, youtube-dlc will resume downloads if possible.')
+        help='Resume partially downloaded files (default)')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--no-continue',
         action='store_false', dest='continue_dl',
-        help='Do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning)')
+        help='Restart download of partially downloaded files from beginning')
+    filesystem.add_option(
+        '--part',
+        action='store_false', dest='nopart', default=False,
+        help='Use .part files instead of writing directly into output file (default)')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--no-part',
-        action='store_true', dest='nopart', default=False,
+        action='store_true', dest='nopart',
         help='Do not use .part files - write directly into output file')
+    filesystem.add_option(
+        '--mtime',
+        action='store_true', dest='updatetime', default=True,
+        help='Use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time (default)')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--no-mtime',
-        action='store_false', dest='updatetime', default=True,
+        action='store_false', dest='updatetime',
         help='Do not use the Last-modified header to set the file modification time')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--write-description',
         action='store_true', dest='writedescription', default=False,
         help='Write video description to a .description file')
+    filesystem.add_option(
+        '--no-write-description',
+        action='store_false', dest='writedescription',
+        help='Do not write video description (default)')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--write-info-json',
         action='store_true', dest='writeinfojson', default=False,
         help='Write video metadata to a .info.json file')
+    filesystem.add_option(
+        '--no-write-info-json',
+        action='store_false', dest='writeinfojson',
+        help='Do not write video metadata (default)')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--write-annotations',
         action='store_true', dest='writeannotations', default=False,
         help='Write video annotations to a .annotations.xml file')
+    filesystem.add_option(
+        '--no-write-annotations',
+        action='store_false', dest='writeannotations',
+        help='Do not write video annotations (default)')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--load-info-json', '--load-info',
         dest='load_info_filename', metavar='FILE',
@@ -816,10 +886,14 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
         help='File to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in')
     filesystem.add_option(
-        '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
-        help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dlc can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dlc or ~/.cache/youtube-dlc . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change.')
+        '--no-cookies',
+        action='store_const', const=None, dest='cookiefile', metavar='FILE',
+        help='Do not read/dump cookies (default)')
     filesystem.add_option(
-        '--no-cache-dir', action='store_const', const=False, dest='cachedir',
+        '--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
+        help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change.')
+    filesystem.add_option(
+        '--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
         help='Disable filesystem caching')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--rm-cache-dir',
@@ -829,11 +903,15 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--trim-file-name', dest='trim_file_name', default=0, type=int,
         help='Limit the filename length (extension excluded)')
 
-    thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail images')
+    thumbnail = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Thumbnail Images')
     thumbnail.add_option(
         '--write-thumbnail',
         action='store_true', dest='writethumbnail', default=False,
         help='Write thumbnail image to disk')
+    thumbnail.add_option(
+        '--no-write-thumbnail',
+        action='store_false', dest='writethumbnail',
+        help='Do not write thumbnail image to disk (default)')
     thumbnail.add_option(
         '--write-all-thumbnails',
         action='store_true', dest='write_all_thumbnails', default=False,
@@ -876,11 +954,13 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     postproc.add_option(
         '--remux-video',
         metavar='FORMAT', dest='remuxvideo', default=None,
-        help='Remux the video to another container format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|mkv, target container format must support video / audio encoding, remuxing may fail)')
+        help=(
+            'Remux the video into another container if necessary (currently supported: mp4|mkv). ' 
+            'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail'))
     postproc.add_option(
         '--recode-video',
         metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
-        help='Encode the video to another format if necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)')
+        help='Re-encode the video into another format if re-encoding is necessary (currently supported: mp4|flv|ogg|webm|mkv|avi)')
     postproc.add_option(
         '--postprocessor-args',
         dest='postprocessor_args', metavar='ARGS',
@@ -888,33 +968,54 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     postproc.add_option(
         '-k', '--keep-video',
         action='store_true', dest='keepvideo', default=False,
-        help='Keep the video file on disk after the post-processing; the video is erased by default')
+        help='Keep the intermediate video file on disk after post-processing')
+    postproc.add_option(
+        '--no-keep-video',
+        action='store_false', dest='keepvideo',
+        help='Delete the intermediate video file after post-processing (default)')
+    postproc.add_option(
+        '--post-overwrites',
+        action='store_false', dest='nopostoverwrites',
+        help='Overwrite post-processed files (default)')
     postproc.add_option(
         '--no-post-overwrites',
         action='store_true', dest='nopostoverwrites', default=False,
-        help='Do not overwrite post-processed files; the post-processed files are overwritten by default')
+        help='Do not overwrite post-processed files')
     postproc.add_option(
         '--embed-subs',
         action='store_true', dest='embedsubtitles', default=False,
         help='Embed subtitles in the video (only for mp4, webm and mkv videos)')
+    postproc.add_option(
+        '--no-embed-subs',
+        action='store_false', dest='embedsubtitles',
+        help='Do not embed subtitles (default)')
     postproc.add_option(
         '--embed-thumbnail',
         action='store_true', dest='embedthumbnail', default=False,
         help='Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art')
+    postproc.add_option(
+        '--no-embed-thumbnail',
+        action='store_false', dest='embedthumbnail',
+        help='Do not embed thumbnail (default)')
     postproc.add_option(
         '--add-metadata',
         action='store_true', dest='addmetadata', default=False,
         help='Write metadata to the video file')
+    postproc.add_option(
+        '--no-add-metadata',
+        action='store_false', dest='addmetadata',
+        help='Do not write metadata (default)')
     postproc.add_option(
         '--metadata-from-title',
         metavar='FORMAT', dest='metafromtitle',
-        help='Parse additional metadata like song title / artist from the video title. '
-             'The format syntax is the same as --output. Regular expression with '
-             'named capture groups may also be used. '
-             'The parsed parameters replace existing values. '
-             'Example: --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a title like '
-             '"Coldplay - Paradise". '
-             'Example (regex): --metadata-from-title "(?P<artist>.+?) - (?P<title>.+)"')
+        help=(
+            'Parse additional metadata like song title / artist from the video title. '
+            'The format syntax is the same as --output. Regular expression with '
+            'named capture groups may also be used. '
+            'The parsed parameters replace existing values. '
+            'Example: --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" matches a title like '
+            '"Coldplay - Paradise". '
+            'Example (regex): --metadata-from-title "(?P<artist>.+?) - (?P<title>.+)"'))
     postproc.add_option(
         '--xattrs',
         action='store_true', dest='xattrs', default=False,
@@ -922,15 +1023,16 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     postproc.add_option(
         '--fixup',
         metavar='POLICY', dest='fixup', default='detect_or_warn',
-        help='Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
-             'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
-             'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise)')
+        help=(
+            'Automatically correct known faults of the file. '
+            'One of never (do nothing), warn (only emit a warning), '
+            'detect_or_warn (the default; fix file if we can, warn otherwise)'))
     postproc.add_option(
-        '--prefer-avconv',
+        '--prefer-avconv', '--no-prefer-ffmpeg',
         action='store_false', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
         help='Prefer avconv over ffmpeg for running the postprocessors')
     postproc.add_option(
-        '--prefer-ffmpeg',
+        '--prefer-ffmpeg', '--no-prefer-avconv',
         action='store_true', dest='prefer_ffmpeg',
         help='Prefer ffmpeg over avconv for running the postprocessors (default)')
     postproc.add_option(
@@ -950,19 +1052,29 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     extractor.add_option(
         '--sponskrub',
         action='store_true', dest='sponskrub', default=None,
-        help='Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections with the data available in SponsorBlock API (Youtube only)')
+        help=(
+            'Use sponskrub to mark sponsored sections with the data available in SponsorBlock API. '
+            'This is enabled by default if the sponskrub binary exists (Youtube only)'))
     extractor.add_option(
         '--no-sponskrub',
         action='store_false', dest='sponskrub',
-        help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+        help='Do not use sponskrub')
     extractor.add_option(
         '--sponskrub-cut', default=False,
         action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_cut',
         help='Cut out the sponsor sections instead of simply marking them')
+    extractor.add_option(
+        '--no-sponskrub-cut',
+        action='store_false', dest='sponskrub_cut',
+        help='Simply mark the sponsor sections, not cut them out (default)')
     extractor.add_option(
         '--sponskrub-force', default=False,
         action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
         help='Run sponskrub even if the video was already downloaded')
+    extractor.add_option(
+        '--no-sponskrub-force',
+        action='store_true', dest='sponskrub_force',
+        help='Do not cut out the sponsor sections if the video was already downloaded (default)')
     extractor.add_option(
         '--sponskrub-location', metavar='PATH',
         dest='sponskrub_path', default='',
@@ -973,11 +1085,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
 
     extractor = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Extractor Options')
     extractor.add_option(
-        '--allow-dynamic-mpd',
+        '--allow-dynamic-mpd', '--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd',
         action='store_true', dest='dynamic_mpd', default=True,
-        help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
+        help='Process dynamic DASH manifests (default)')
     extractor.add_option(
-        '--ignore-dynamic-mpd',
+        '--ignore-dynamic-mpd', '--no-allow-dynamic-mpd',
         action='store_false', dest='dynamic_mpd',
         help='Do not process dynamic DASH manifests')