@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ class CommonMistakesIE(InfoExtractor):
'That doesn\'t make any sense. '
'Simply remove the parameter in your command or configuration.'
) % url
if self._downloader.params.get('verbose'):
if not self._downloader.params.get('verbose'):
msg += ' Add -v to the command line to see what arguments and configuration youtube-dl got.'
raise ExtractorError(msg, expected=True)