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@@ -409,6 +409,10 @@ Alternatively, refer to the [developer instructions](#developer-instructions) fo
                                      webm and mkv videos)
     --embed-thumbnail                Embed thumbnail in the audio as cover art
     --add-metadata                   Write metadata to the video file
+    --preferred-info                 References a JSON file that contains the
+                                     metadata that will be used preferentially
+                                     over the extracted metadata and upated onto
+                                     the output file
     --metadata-from-title FORMAT     Parse additional metadata like song title /
                                      artist from the video title. The format
                                      syntax is the same as --output. Regular