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diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
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+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -1691,7 +1691,8 @@ class ArgumentParser(_AttributeHolder, _ActionsContainer):
"""Object for parsing command line strings into Python objects.
Keyword Arguments:
- - prog -- The name of the program (default: sys.argv[0])
+ - prog -- The name of the program (default:
+ ``os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])``)
- usage -- A usage message (default: auto-generated from arguments)
- description -- A description of what the program does
- epilog -- Text following the argument descriptions