diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index c4d595e1c..8c6abddd9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     selection      = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Selection')
     authentication = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Authentication Options')
     video_format   = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Video Format Options')
+    subtitles      = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Subtitle Options')
     downloader     = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
     postproc       = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Post-processing Options')
     filesystem     = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Filesystem Options')
@@ -185,25 +186,26 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
             action='store', dest='format_limit', metavar='FORMAT', help='highest quality format to download')
     video_format.add_option('-F', '--list-formats',
             action='store_true', dest='listformats', help='list all available formats (currently youtube only)')
-    video_format.add_option('--write-sub', '--write-srt',
+
+    subtitles.add_option('--write-sub', '--write-srt',
             action='store_true', dest='writesubtitles',
             help='write subtitle file', default=False)
-    video_format.add_option('--write-auto-sub', '--write-automatic-sub',
+    subtitles.add_option('--write-auto-sub', '--write-automatic-sub',
             action='store_true', dest='writeautomaticsub',
             help='write automatic subtitle file (youtube only)', default=False)
-    video_format.add_option('--only-sub',
+    subtitles.add_option('--only-sub',
             action='store_true', dest='skip_download',
             help='[deprecated] alias of --skip-download', default=False)
-    video_format.add_option('--all-subs',
+    subtitles.add_option('--all-subs',
             action='store_true', dest='allsubtitles',
             help='downloads all the available subtitles of the video', default=False)
-    video_format.add_option('--list-subs',
+    subtitles.add_option('--list-subs',
             action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles',
             help='lists all available subtitles for the video', default=False)
-    video_format.add_option('--sub-format',
+    subtitles.add_option('--sub-format',
             action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT',
             help='subtitle format (default=srt) ([sbv/vtt] youtube only)', default='srt')
-    video_format.add_option('--sub-lang', '--srt-lang',
+    subtitles.add_option('--sub-lang', '--srt-lang',
             action='store', dest='subtitleslang', metavar='LANG',
             help='language of the subtitles to download (optional) use IETF language tags like \'en\'')
 
@@ -328,6 +330,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     parser.add_option_group(filesystem)
     parser.add_option_group(verbosity)
     parser.add_option_group(video_format)
+    parser.add_option_group(subtitles)
     parser.add_option_group(authentication)
     parser.add_option_group(postproc)