YouTube Corrections Explained: How to Add One in Studio

YouTube Corrections

YouTube Corrections is a creator-controlled feature that lets you flag a factual error, outdated fact, or update on a video that's already live — without deleting, re-editing, or re-uploading it. You add the correction as plain text in the video's description, and YouTube automatically surfaces it to viewers as an in-player "View Corrections" info card, timestamped to the moment it applies to.

It launched on June 15, 2022, and it's still an active, documented feature as of this writing — YouTube's own Creator Blog republished a how-to guide on it in December 2025, and the mechanics below are pulled directly from YouTube's current Help Center documentation.

How YouTube Corrections Work

Corrections aren't a separate tool or form inside YouTube Studio — there's no dedicated "Corrections" tab. Instead, they're a text convention you type directly into the existing Description field, the same way you'd add chapters. YouTube's system reads the description, detects the correction syntax, and automatically generates the on-screen info card. Nothing about the underlying video file, its view count, likes, or comments changes — which is the whole point. Before this feature existed, the only way to fix a factual error was to take the video down and re-upload a corrected version, which reset engagement metrics to zero.

What Viewers See

When a viewer reaches the timestamp of the first correction in a video, an info card appears during playback. If they click or tap it, it expands to show the full list of corrections for that video, each with its own timestamp and explanation. The same list is also visible in the expanded video description below the player — so viewers who never click the card can still find it by reading the description.

Important nuance: if a video has multiple corrections, the card teaser only appears once, at the first correction's timestamp — not once per correction. All corrections are grouped together once a viewer opens the card.

How to Add a Correction to a YouTube Video

1. Go to YouTube Studio.
2. Select Content from the left menu.
3. Click the title or thumbnail of the video you want to correct.
4. Scroll to the Description field.
5. Start a new line — typically at the bottom of your existing description, after any chapters you've added.
6. Type the word Correction: or Corrections: exactly as shown. This word must be in English even if the rest of your video and description are in another language.
7. On the same or next line, add the timestamp and a short explanation. Example: Correction: 0:35 This happened in 2011, not 2010
8. For multiple corrections, repeat with new timestamps and explanations, each on its own line.
9. Click Save.

That's it — no publishing delay, no review process. The info card starts appearing for viewers as soon as the change is saved.

Rules, Limits, and Eligibility

• English trigger word required. "Correction:" or "Corrections:" must be typed in English regardless of the video's spoken language or the rest of the description's language.
• Placement matters. YouTube specifies this section should appear after any video chapters in the description.
• No fixed limit on how many corrections you can list, but all corrections share the video description's overall 5,000-character limit — a long description plus many corrections can hit that ceiling.
• Editing or removing a correction is done by editing or deleting that line of text in the description and saving — there's no separate revision history shown to viewers.
• Not available on every video. Per YouTube: if a channel has any active strikes, or if the content may be inappropriate for some viewers, the corrections feature won't be available. Channels dealing with a copyright strike should confirm strike status before assuming this feature will work.
• Team access depends on permissions. Adding a correction means editing video details, so whoever does it needs sufficient channel permissions on the account — not every collaborator or editor role includes description-editing access.
• Unconfirmed for Made for Kids content. YouTube hasn't published a direct statement on whether Corrections work on videos marked Made for Kids. Several other interactive, card-style features are disabled on MFK content for COPPA compliance, so treat this as untested until you check it on your own channel.

YouTube Corrections vs. YouTube Information Panels

These are easy to confuse but are two unrelated systems:

• YouTube Corrections (this entry) are added by the creator, apply to one specific video, and address factual errors or updates the creator wants to flag themselves.
• YouTube information panels (sometimes called topical-context or publisher-context panels) are added automatically by YouTube, apply platform-wide to videos on a given subject regardless of what the video actually says, and pull context from third-party partner sources — not from the creator. Creators don't control whether these appear and can't add one to their own video.

If you're looking for the feature that lets you personally correct a mistake in your own video, you want Corrections — not information panels.

Why Creators Use Corrections

• Fixing a factual, statistical, or attribution error after publishing.
• Updating a video that covers news, current events, or fast-changing topics (e.g., pricing, specs, policy) without losing the video's watch history and accumulated engaged views or returning viewers.
• Pointing viewers to a newer, updated video on the same topic without pulling the older one down — useful for preserving traffic sources and existing rankings on the original video.
• Publicly acknowledging an error transparently, which some creators use as a trust-building move with their audience.

FAQ

Does adding a correction affect my video's views, likes, or comments?

No. Corrections only add an info card and description text; the original video file and all of its accumulated metrics stay exactly as they were.

Can I add more than one correction to the same video?

Yes, there's no fixed cap — you can list as many corrections as you need, each with its own timestamp, as long as you stay within the video description's overall 5,000-character limit. Note that viewers only see one info-card teaser (at the first correction's timestamp), which expands to show all of them.

Why can't I find the Corrections feature in YouTube Studio?

There isn't a separate Corrections tool to find — it's added by typing "Correction:" or "Corrections:" directly into the video's Description field, after any chapters. If you're looking for a dedicated button or panel, that's why you're not finding one.

Is a YouTube Correction the same as the fact-check panels YouTube sometimes shows under videos?

No. Those information panels are added automatically by YouTube itself, platform-wide, based on a video's general subject matter, using third-party sources. Corrections are added manually by the creator, apply only to that one video, and address whatever specific error the creator wants to flag.