1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
index 89496cbe454..3974ebedabe 100644
--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -1532,9 +1532,8 @@ class _ActionsContainer(object):
 
         # mark positional arguments as required if at least one is
         # always required
-        if kwargs.get('nargs') not in [OPTIONAL, ZERO_OR_MORE]:
-            kwargs['required'] = True
-        if kwargs.get('nargs') == ZERO_OR_MORE and 'default' not in kwargs:
+        nargs = kwargs.get('nargs')
+        if nargs not in [OPTIONAL, ZERO_OR_MORE, REMAINDER, SUPPRESS, 0]:
             kwargs['required'] = True
 
         # return the keyword arguments with no option strings