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Expand Up @@ -836,6 +836,8 @@ how the command-line arguments should be handled. The supplied actions are:
Namespace(verbose=3)

Note, the *default* will be ``None`` unless explicitly set to *0*.
If the default value is a non-zero number, the count starts from that
number rather than from zero.
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Note, the *default* will be ``None`` unless explicitly set to *0*.
If the default value is a non-zero number, the count starts from that
number rather than from zero.
Unless explicitly set, the *default* will be ``None``. If the default
value is a non-zero number, the count starts from that number rather
than from zero.

Minor tweak because I think the preceding sentence could also be worded better.


* ``'help'`` - This prints a complete help message for all the options in the
current parser and then exits. By default a help action is automatically
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