diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/kuwo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/kuwo.py
index 36cb265ab..0c8ed5d07 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/kuwo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/kuwo.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def _real_extract(self, url):
             url, song_id, note='Download song detail info',
             errnote='Unable to get song detail info')
         if '对不起，该歌曲由于版权问题已被下线，将返回网站首页' in webpage:
-            raise ExtractorError('this song has been offline because of copyright issues')
+            raise ExtractorError('this song has been offline because of copyright issues', expected=True)
 
         song_name = self._html_search_regex(
             r'(?s)class="(?:[^"\s]+\s+)*title(?:\s+[^"\s]+)*".*?<h1[^>]+title="([^"]+)"', webpage, 'song name')