diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 3f77dba693..f4890f1a60 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ 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')
@@ -186,25 +187,26 @@ 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 (currently youtube only)', 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 (currently 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 (currently youtube only)', default=False)
-    video_format.add_option('--list-subs',
+            help='downloads all the available subtitles of the video', default=False)
+    subtitles.add_option('--list-subs',
             action='store_true', dest='listsubtitles',
-            help='lists all available subtitles for the video (currently youtube only)', default=False)
-    video_format.add_option('--sub-format',
+            help='lists all available subtitles for the video', default=False)
+    subtitles.add_option('--sub-format',
             action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT',
-            help='subtitle format [srt/sbv/vtt] (default=srt) (currently youtube only)', default='srt')
-    video_format.add_option('--sub-lang', '--srt-lang',
+            help='subtitle format (default=srt) ([sbv/vtt] youtube only)', default='srt')
+    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\'')
 
@@ -329,6 +331,7 @@ 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)
 
@@ -344,7 +347,7 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
             userConfFile = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.config', 'youtube-dl.conf')
         systemConf = _readOptions('/etc/youtube-dl.conf')
         userConf = _readOptions(userConfFile)
-        commandLineConf = sys.argv[1:] 
+        commandLineConf = sys.argv[1:]
         argv = systemConf + userConf + commandLineConf
         opts, args = parser.parse_args(argv)
         if opts.verbose:
@@ -378,7 +381,7 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
     # Set user agent
     if opts.user_agent is not None:
         std_headers['User-Agent'] = opts.user_agent
-    
+
     # Set referer
     if opts.referer is not None:
         std_headers['Referer'] = opts.referer