Document new "cmdoption" directive.

diff --git a/Doc/documenting/markup.rst b/Doc/documenting/markup.rst
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@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@ The directives are:
 
    Describes a Python bytecode instruction.
 
+.. describe:: cmdoption
+
+   Describes a command line option or switch.  Option argument names should be
+   enclosed in angle brackets.  Example::
+
+      .. cmdoption:: -m <module>
+
+         Run a module as a script.
 
 There is also a generic version of these directives: