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

fc5ed800 · R David Murray · f16898bc · fc5ed800
Commit fc5ed800 authored May 04, 2011 by R David Murray
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@@ -1120,6 +1120,11 @@ 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