diff --git a/Doc/howto/argparse.rst b/Doc/howto/argparse.rst
index ae5bab90bf8131..30d9ac700376e6 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/argparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/argparse.rst
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ And the output:
 
    options:
      -h, --help            show this help message and exit
-     -v {0,1,2}, --verbosity {0,1,2}
+     -v, --verbosity {0,1,2}
                            increase output verbosity
 
 Note that the change also reflects both in the error message as well as the