#10559: provide instructions for accessing sys.argv when first mentioned.
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst b/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
index f397f03..20fae9a 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@
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When known to the interpreter, the script name and additional arguments
-thereafter are passed to the script in the variable ``sys.argv``, which is a
-list of strings. Its length is at least one; when no script and no arguments
+thereafter are turned into a list of strings and assigned to the ``argv``
+variable in the ``sys`` module. You can access this list by executing ``import
+sys``. The length of the list is at least one; when no script and no arguments
are given, ``sys.argv[0]`` is an empty string. When the script name is given as
``'-'`` (meaning standard input), ``sys.argv[0]`` is set to ``'-'``. When
:option:`-c` *command* is used, ``sys.argv[0]`` is set to ``'-c'``. When