discuss how to use -p

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@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ document could also be refactored with this option.
The :option:`-v` option enables output of more information on the translation
process.
Since some print statements can be parsed as function calls or statements, 2to3
cannot always read files containing the print function. When 2to3 detects the
presence of the ``from __future__ import print_function`` compiler directive, it
modifies its internal grammar to interpert :func:`print` as a function. This
change can also be enabled manually with the :option:`-p` flag. Use
:option:`-p` to run fixers on code that already has had its print statements
converted.
.. _2to3-fixers: