diff --git a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
index 2dcfde92de..754234adce 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ class YoutubeDL:
                         if max_wait_retries > 0:
                             self.report_error(f'Giving up after {wait_retries - 1} {"retries" if wait_retries > 2 else "retry"} while waiting.')
                         else:
-                            self.report_error(f'Video is still unavailable after waiting.')
+                            self.report_error('Video is still unavailable after waiting.')
                         raise UserNotLive('Maximum number of retries exceeded while waiting for stream')
                     if e.expected:
                         self.to_screen(f'{e}; Re-extracting data')
diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index e4df4e59eb..a778f35c0d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ def create_parser():
         help='Do not wait for scheduled streams (default)')
     general.add_option(
         '--wait-retries',
-        dest='wait_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default="infinite",
+        dest='wait_retries', metavar='RETRIES', default='infinite',
         help='Number of retries while waiting for scheduled streams to become available (default is %default). --wait-for-video must also be set')
     general.add_option(
         '--mark-watched',