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@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ # OUTPUT TEMPLATE
  - `n_entries` (numeric): Total number of extracted items in the playlist
  - `playlist_id` (string): Identifier of the playlist that contains the video
  - `playlist_title` (string): Name of the playlist that contains the video
- - `playlist` (string): `playlist_id` or `playlist_title`
+ - `playlist` (string): `playlist_title` if available or else `playlist_id`
  - `playlist_count` (numeric): Total number of items in the playlist. May not be known if entire playlist is not extracted
  - `playlist_index` (numeric): Index of the video in the playlist padded with leading zeros according the final index
  - `playlist_autonumber` (numeric): Position of the video in the playlist download queue padded with leading zeros according to the total length of the playlist