diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index 1782e23d4d2..32d319fbe17 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -1784,11 +1784,12 @@ Loading and running tests
             stream, descriptions, verbosity
 
 
-.. function:: main([module[, defaultTest[, argv[, testRunner[, testLoader[, exit[, verbosity[, failfast[, catchbreak[,buffer]]]]]]]]]])
+.. function:: main([module[, defaultTest[, argv[, testRunner[, testLoader[, exit[, verbosity[, failfast[, catchbreak[, buffer]]]]]]]]]])
 
-   A command-line program that runs a set of tests; this is primarily for making
-   test modules conveniently executable.  The simplest use for this function is to
-   include the following line at the end of a test script::
+   A command-line program that loads a set of tests from *module* and runs them;
+   this is primarily for making test modules conveniently executable.
+   The simplest use for this function is to include the following line at the
+   end of a test script::
 
       if __name__ == '__main__':
           unittest.main()
@@ -1799,10 +1800,17 @@ Loading and running tests
       if __name__ == '__main__':
           unittest.main(verbosity=2)
 
+   The *argv* argument can be a list of options passed to the program, with the
+   first element being the program name.  If not specified or ``None``,
+   the values of :data:`sys.argv` are used.
+
    The *testRunner* argument can either be a test runner class or an already
    created instance of it. By default ``main`` calls :func:`sys.exit` with
    an exit code indicating success or failure of the tests run.
 
+   The *testLoader* argument has to be a :class:`TestLoader` instance,
+   and defaults to :data:`defaultTestLoader`.
+
    ``main`` supports being used from the interactive interpreter by passing in the
    argument ``exit=False``. This displays the result on standard output without
    calling :func:`sys.exit`::
@@ -1810,14 +1818,14 @@ Loading and running tests
       >>> from unittest import main
       >>> main(module='test_module', exit=False)
 
-   The ``failfast``, ``catchbreak`` and ``buffer`` parameters have the same
+   The *failfast*, *catchbreak* and *buffer* parameters have the same
    effect as the same-name `command-line options`_.
 
    Calling ``main`` actually returns an instance of the ``TestProgram`` class.
    This stores the result of the tests run as the ``result`` attribute.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 2.7
-      The ``exit``, ``verbosity``, ``failfast``, ``catchbreak`` and ``buffer``
+      The *exit*, *verbosity*, *failfast*, *catchbreak* and *buffer*
       parameters were added.