#4810: document "--" option separator in timeit help.
diff --git a/Lib/timeit.py b/Lib/timeit.py
index 63d94ca..5c613fc 100644
--- a/Lib/timeit.py
+++ b/Lib/timeit.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
Library usage: see the Timer class.
Command line usage:
- python timeit.py [-n N] [-r N] [-s S] [-t] [-c] [-h] [statement]
+ python timeit.py [-n N] [-r N] [-s S] [-t] [-c] [-h] [--] [statement]
Options:
-n/--number N: how many times to execute 'statement' (default: see below)
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
-c/--clock: use time.clock() (default on Windows)
-v/--verbose: print raw timing results; repeat for more digits precision
-h/--help: print this usage message and exit
+ --: separate options from statement, use when statement starts with -
statement: statement to be timed (default 'pass')
A multi-line statement may be given by specifying each line as a