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@@ -960,8 +960,8 @@ that, remove the distribution's package, with a line like
 
 Afterwards, simply follow our manual installation instructions:
 
-    sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
-    sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+    sudo wget https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl -O /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
+    sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/youtube-dl
     hash -r
 
 Again, from then on you'll be able to update with sudo youtube-dl -U.
@@ -1101,10 +1101,19 @@ above for how to update youtube-dl.
 HTTP Error 429: Too Many Requests or 402: Payment Required
 
 These two error codes indicate that the service is blocking your IP
-address because of overuse. Contact the service and ask them to unblock
-your IP address, or - if you have acquired a whitelisted IP address
-already - use the --proxy or --source-address options to select another
-IP address.
+address because of overuse. Usually this is a soft block meaning that
+you can gain access again after solving CAPTCHA. Just open a browser and
+solve a CAPTCHA the service suggests you and after that pass cookies to
+youtube-dl. Note that if your machine has multiple external IPs then you
+should also pass exactly the same IP you've used for solving CAPTCHA
+with --source-address. Also you may need to pass a User-Agent HTTP
+header of your browser with --user-agent.
+
+If this is not the case (no CAPTCHA suggested to solve by the service)
+then you can contact the service and ask them to unblock your IP
+address, or - if you have acquired a whitelisted IP address already -
+use the --proxy or --source-address options to select another IP
+address.
 
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