diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
index 7fad88b..13348a0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@
    has its own more detailed description below, but in short they are:
 
    * `name or flags`_ - Either a name or a list of option strings, e.g. ``foo``
-     or ``-f, --foo``
+     or ``-f, --foo``.
 
    * action_ - The basic type of action to be taken when this argument is
      encountered at the command line.