diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 93a9b9a6d..571f4c88e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-### Added
+### Deprecated
 
-* Support '-' as stdout alias
+* Support of `-` as a valid filename in `download-file-by-name` or `download-file-by-id` command. In future `-` will be an alias for standard output.
 
 ### Fixed
 
-* Fix unable to use '/dev/stdout' by checking the localFileName if that present the `STDOUT` of OS
+* Fix unable to use `/dev/stdout` by checking the localFileName if that present the `STDOUT` of OS
 
 ### Infrastructure
 * Fix gathering licenses of typeshed libraries
diff --git a/b2/console_tool.py b/b2/console_tool.py
index 050f24fb1..a0b8c22b6 100644
--- a/b2/console_tool.py
+++ b/b2/console_tool.py
@@ -1369,21 +1369,17 @@ class DownloadFileMixin(
     MaxDownloadStreamsMixin,
     DownloadCommand,
 ):
-    def get_download_info_from_local_filename(self, filename: str):
-        stdout_file_path = 'CON' if platform.system() == 'Windows' else '/dev/stdout'
+    STDOUT_FILE_PATH = 'CON' if platform.system() == 'Windows' else '/dev/stdout'
 
+    def _correct_local_filename(self, filename: str):
         if filename == '-':
             if os.path.exists('-'):
                 self._print_stderr(
                     "WARNING: Filename `-` won't be supported in the future and will be treated as stdout alias."
                 )
-                return filename, 'wb+', True
-            return stdout_file_path, 'wb', False
-
-        allow_seeking = filename != stdout_file_path
-        mode = 'wb+' if allow_seeking else 'wb'
-
-        return filename, mode, allow_seeking
+                return filename
+            return self.STDOUT_FILE_PATH
+        return filename
 
 
 @B2.register_subcommand
@@ -1413,9 +1409,7 @@ def _setup_parser(cls, parser):
         super()._setup_parser(parser)
 
     def run(self, args):
-        local_filename, mode, allow_seeking = self.get_download_info_from_local_filename(
-            args.localFileName
-        )
+        local_filename = self._correct_local_filename(args.localFileName)
 
         progress_listener = make_progress_listener(local_filename, args.noProgress)
         encryption_setting = self._get_source_sse_setting(args)
@@ -1424,7 +1418,7 @@ def run(self, args):
             args.fileId, progress_listener, encryption=encryption_setting
         )
         self._print_download_info(downloaded_file)
-        downloaded_file.save_to(local_filename, mode, allow_seeking)
+        downloaded_file.save_to(local_filename)
         self._print('Download finished')
         return 0
 
@@ -1456,9 +1450,7 @@ def _setup_parser(cls, parser):
         super()._setup_parser(parser)
 
     def run(self, args):
-        local_filename, mode, allow_seeking = self.get_download_info_from_local_filename(
-            args.localFileName
-        )
+        local_filename = self._correct_local_filename(args.localFileName)
 
         self._set_threads_from_args(args)
         bucket = self.api.get_bucket_by_name(args.bucketName)
@@ -1468,7 +1460,7 @@ def run(self, args):
             args.b2FileName, progress_listener, encryption=encryption_setting
         )
         self._print_download_info(downloaded_file)
-        downloaded_file.save_to(local_filename, mode, allow_seeking)
+        downloaded_file.save_to(local_filename, 'wb', True)
         self._print('Download finished')
         return 0