diff --git a/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.38.0.ebuild b/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.38.0.ebuild
index bc585e8fdb664..a44f459bb171c 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.38.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv/mpv-0.38.0.ebuild
@@ -271,5 +271,6 @@ src_install() {
 pkg_postinst() {
 	xdg_pkg_postinst
 
-	optfeature "URL support with USE=lua" net-misc/yt-dlp
+	optfeature "various websites URL support$(usev !lua \
+		" (requires ${PN} with USE=lua)")" net-misc/yt-dlp
 }
diff --git a/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild b/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
index 43d88a932570a..3825d102d45b7 100644
--- a/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-video/mpv/mpv-9999.ebuild
@@ -271,5 +271,6 @@ src_install() {
 pkg_postinst() {
 	xdg_pkg_postinst
 
-	optfeature "URL support with USE=lua" net-misc/yt-dlp
+	optfeature "various websites URL support$(usev !lua \
+		" (requires ${PN} with USE=lua)")" net-misc/yt-dlp
 }