From: R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 01:05:52 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: #8158: add missing 'description' description to optparse docstring.
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#8158: add missing 'description' description to optparse docstring.
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diff --git a/Lib/optparse.py b/Lib/optparse.py
index 87d7737423..731a2bb5ed 100644
--- a/Lib/optparse.py
+++ b/Lib/optparse.py
@@ -1131,6 +1131,11 @@ class OptionParser (OptionContainer):
       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