diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
index 29396c7a0366a1..0caec9e12a640d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
@@ -2060,7 +2060,9 @@ Parser defaults
      >>> parser.parse_args(['736'])
      Namespace(bar=42, baz='badger', foo=736)
 
-   Note that parser-level defaults always override argument-level defaults::
+   Note that defaults can be set at both the parser level using :meth:`set_defaults`
+   and at the argument level using :meth:`add_argument`. If both are called for the
+   same argument, the last default set for an argument is used::
 
      >>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
      >>> parser.add_argument('--foo', default='bar')