https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/31de83d5e2e17f4e9a37e08b384bab916e1da7c1
commit: 31de83d5e2e17f4e9a37e08b384bab916e1da7c1
branch: main
author: Krishna Chaitanya <[email protected]>
committer: savannahostrowski <[email protected]>
date: 2025-11-02T13:58:16-08:00
summary:
gh-140693: Improve `argparse` documentation about controlling color (#140737)
files:
M Doc/library/argparse.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
index 418f514995df3a..9655db4f301a31 100644
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
@@ -638,6 +638,11 @@ by setting ``color`` to ``False``::
... help='an integer for the accumulator')
>>> parser.parse_args(['--help'])
+Note that when ``color=True``, colored output depends on both environment
+variables and terminal capabilities. However, if ``color=False``, colored
+output is always disabled, even if environment variables like ``FORCE_COLOR``
+are set.
+
.. versionadded:: 3.14
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