diff --git a/youtube_dl/options.py b/youtube_dl/options.py
index 7819f14ab..b60a723c5 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/options.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/options.py
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
     downloader.add_option(
         '--hls-prefer-native',
         dest='hls_prefer_native', action='store_true',
-        help='Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg (experimental)')
+        help='Use the native HLS downloader instead of ffmpeg')
     downloader.add_option(
         '--hls-use-mpegts',
         dest='hls_use_mpegts', action='store_true',