commit a436e713b6fe188138b51eccbc4212ad4781b459
author R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> Wed May 04 21:05:52 2011 -0400
committer R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> Wed May 04 21:05:52 2011 -0400
tree 48619fd70c0e135e505f3da9c13abf4d91715693
parent 28a8e9637888de3c254e624576d2ecc54a8f2ae6

#8158: add missing 'description' description to optparse docstring.

Lib/optparse.py

diff --git a/Lib/optparse.py b/Lib/optparse.py
index 87d7737..731a2bb 100644
--- a/Lib/optparse.py
+++ b/Lib/optparse.py
@@ -1131,6 +1131,11 @@
       prog : string
         the name of the current program (to override
         os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])).
+      description : string
+        A paragraph of text giving a brief overview of your program.
+        optparse reformats this paragraph to fit the current terminal
+        width and prints it when the user requests help (after usage,
+        but before the list of options).
       epilog : string
         paragraph of help text to print after option help