#10553: Explain why compileall has no command-line argument to control optimization
diff --git a/Doc/library/compileall.rst b/Doc/library/compileall.rst
index 55dd958..cb7a09c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/compileall.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/compileall.rst
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
Added the ``-i``, ``-b`` and ``-h`` options.
+There is no command-line option to control the optimization level used by the
+:func:`compile` function, because the Python interpreter itself already
+provides the option: :program:`python -O -m compileall`.
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