diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce76474a2..d410d04d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ Then simply run `make`. You can also run `make yt-dlp` instead to compile only t
                                      stdin), one URL per line. Lines starting
                                      with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as
                                      comments and ignored
+    --no-batch-file                  Do not read URLs from batch file (default)
     -P, --paths [TYPES:]PATH         The paths where the files should be
                                      downloaded. Specify the type of file and
                                      the path separated by a colon ":". All the
diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index 1c99e7e7c..0638e8642 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -971,6 +971,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
         dest='batchfile', metavar='FILE',
         help="File containing URLs to download ('-' for stdin), one URL per line. "
              "Lines starting with '#', ';' or ']' are considered as comments and ignored")
+    filesystem.add_option(
+        '--no-batch-file',
+        dest='batchfile', action='store_const', const=None,
+        help='Do not read URLs from batch file (default)')
     filesystem.add_option(
         '-P', '--paths',
         metavar='[TYPES:]PATH', dest='paths', default={}, type='str',