diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index a8e0e8565..be018223c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
             return []
         ism_doc, urlh = res
 
-        return self._parse_ism_formats(ism_doc, urlh.geturl(), ism_id)
+        return self._parse_ism_formats(ism_doc, compat_str(urlh.geturl()), ism_id)
 
     def _parse_ism_formats(self, ism_doc, ism_url, ism_id=None):
         """
diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 1ffabc62b..8826b382c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         action='help',
         help='Print this help text and exit')
     general.add_option(
-        '-v', '--version',
+        '--version',
         action='version',
         help='Print program version and exit')
     general.add_option(