@@ -744,16 +744,12 @@ how the command-line arguments should be handled. The supplied actions are:
744744 >>> parser.parse_args('--foo --bar'.split())
745745 Namespace(foo=True, bar=False, baz=True)
746746
747- * ``'append' `` - This stores a list, and appends each argument value to the
748- list. It is useful to allow an option to be specified multiple times.
749- If the default value is non-empty, the default elements will be present
750- in the parsed value for the option, with any values from the
751- command line appended after those default values. Example usage::
747+ * ``'append' `` - This appends each argument value to a list.
748+ It is useful for allowing an option to be specified multiple times.
749+ If the default value is a non-empty list , the parsed value will start
750+ with the default list's elements and any values from the command line
751+ will be appended after those default values. Example usage::
752752
753- >>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
754- >>> parser.add_argument('--foo', action='append')
755- >>> parser.parse_args('--foo 1 --foo 2'.split())
756- Namespace(foo=['1', '2'])
757753 >>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
758754 >>> parser.add_argument('--foo', action='append', default=['0'])
759755 >>> parser.parse_args('--foo 1 --foo 2'.split())
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