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-rw-r--r--options/parse_commandline.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/options/parse_commandline.c b/options/parse_commandline.c
index f5ff330230..9cda8bb5cf 100644
--- a/options/parse_commandline.c
+++ b/options/parse_commandline.c
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ static bool split_opt(struct parse_state *p)
MP_FATAL(p->config, "Error parsing commandline option %.*s: %s\n",
BSTR_P(p->arg), m_option_strerror(r));
+ if (r == M_OPT_MISSING_PARAM) {
+ MP_WARN(p->config, "Make sure you're using e.g. '--%.*s=value' instead "
+ "of '--%.*s value'.\n", BSTR_P(p->arg), BSTR_P(p->arg));
+ }
return false;
}