commit fc5ed800d82a1d2ceaee0121cdffd9d191bfd7ff
author R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> Wed May 04 21:06:57 2011 -0400
committer R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> Wed May 04 21:06:57 2011 -0400
tree 58c95c6714a5d1339f38baf1731262e7e57aec80
parent f16898bc80fafeaf025606ea00e841c310b8df39

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

Lib/optparse.py

diff --git a/Lib/optparse.py b/Lib/optparse.py
index 3eb652a..cbd019a 100644
--- a/Lib/optparse.py
+++ b/Lib/optparse.py
@@ -1120,6 +1120,11 @@
       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