From fc5ed800d82a1d2ceaee0121cdffd9d191bfd7ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 21:06:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] #8158: add missing 'description' description to optparse
 docstring.

---
 Lib/optparse.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/optparse.py b/Lib/optparse.py
index 3eb652a6fe9..cbd019afb7d 100644
--- a/Lib/optparse.py
+++ b/Lib/optparse.py
@@ -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