diff --git a/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.1 b/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.1
index 136002c277..09c4d92dd4 100644
--- a/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.1
+++ b/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.1
@@ -924,6 +924,9 @@ whitespace\f[] after \f[C]\-\f[] or \f[C]\-\-\f[], e.g.
 .PP
 You can use \f[C]\-\-ignore\-config\f[] if you want to disable the
 configuration file for a particular youtube\-dl run.
+.PP
+You can also use \f[C]\-\-config\-location\f[] if you want to use custom
+configuration file for a particular youtube\-dl run.
 .SS Authentication with \f[C]\&.netrc\f[] file
 .PP
 You may also want to configure automatic credentials storage for
@@ -1933,7 +1936,7 @@ class\ YourExtractorIE(InfoExtractor):
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]id\[aq]:\ \[aq]42\[aq],
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]ext\[aq]:\ \[aq]mp4\[aq],
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]title\[aq]:\ \[aq]Video\ title\ goes\ here\[aq],
-\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]thumbnail\[aq]:\ \[aq]re:^https?://.*\\.jpg$\[aq],
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[aq]thumbnail\[aq]:\ r\[aq]re:^https?://.*\\.jpg$\[aq],
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ TODO\ more\ properties,\ either\ as:
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ *\ A\ value
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ #\ *\ MD5\ checksum;\ start\ the\ string\ with\ md5:
diff --git a/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.SlackBuild b/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.SlackBuild
index d412f6d9ed..61486fba79 100644
--- a/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=youtube-dl
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2017.01.02}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2017.01.08}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.info b/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.info
index eac15d102d..d1fc806200 100644
--- a/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.info
+++ b/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="youtube-dl"
-VERSION="2017.01.02"
+VERSION="2017.01.08"
 HOMEPAGE="https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/archive/2017.01.02.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="1e3234bcfc6311c608e2992fe9f4db82"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/archive/2017.01.08.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="85dc6a8ee5de66be6847abcbd5d31bce"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""