https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/da3fea361eaab887da61921616b73a3f86c20058
commit: da3fea361eaab887da61921616b73a3f86c20058
branch: 3.14
author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]>
committer: savannahostrowski <[email protected]>
date: 2026-03-03T21:47:39Z
summary:

[3.14] Fix incorrect statement about argparse.ArgumentParser.add_argument() 
(GH-145479) (#145485)

Fix incorrect statement about argparse.ArgumentParser.add_argument() (GH-145479)
(cherry picked from commit dc12d1999b88e84d5a6b8e491be468b73379e54b)

Co-authored-by: Justin Kunimune <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Savannah Ostrowski <[email protected]>

files:
M Doc/library/argparse.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
index b80f0d2900599e..2b2bf0a9d6eca8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
@@ -732,9 +732,9 @@ By default, :mod:`!argparse` automatically handles the 
internal naming and
 display names of arguments, simplifying the process without requiring
 additional configuration.
 As such, you do not need to specify the dest_ and metavar_ parameters.
-The dest_ parameter defaults to the argument name with underscores ``_``
-replacing hyphens ``-`` . The metavar_ parameter defaults to the
-upper-cased name. For example::
+For optional arguments, the dest_ parameter defaults to the argument name, with
+underscores ``_`` replacing hyphens ``-``. The metavar_ parameter defaults to
+the upper-cased name. For example::
 
    >>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='PROG')
    >>> parser.add_argument('--foo-bar')

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