diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 7654d1a4e..21c452141 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -484,10 +484,6 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     filesystem.add_option(
         '--id', default=False,
         action='store_true', dest='useid', help='use only video ID in file name')
-    filesystem.add_option(
-        '-A', '--auto-number',
-        action='store_true', dest='autonumber', default=False,
-        help='number downloaded files starting from 00000')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '-o', '--output',
         dest='outtmpl', metavar='TEMPLATE',
@@ -515,6 +511,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         '--restrict-filenames',
         action='store_true', dest='restrictfilenames', default=False,
         help='Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid "&" and spaces in filenames')
+    filesystem.add_option(
+        '-A', '--auto-number',
+        action='store_true', dest='autonumber', default=False,
+        help='[deprecated; use  -o "%(autonumber)s-%(title)s.%(ext)s" ] number downloaded files starting from 00000')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '-t', '--title',
         action='store_true', dest='usetitle', default=False,