diff --git a/simple_parsing/wrappers/field_wrapper.py b/simple_parsing/wrappers/field_wrapper.py
index 5cf31090..62f79bc4 100644
--- a/simple_parsing/wrappers/field_wrapper.py
+++ b/simple_parsing/wrappers/field_wrapper.py
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ def add_subparsers(self, parser: ArgumentParser):
         # subparsers.required = default_value is dataclasses.MISSING
         for subcommand, dataclass_type in self.subparsers_dict.items():
             logger.debug(f"adding subparser '{subcommand}' for type {dataclass_type}")
-            subparser = subparsers.add_parser(subcommand)
+            subparser = subparsers.add_parser(subcommand, formatter_class=parser.formatter_class)
             # Just for typing correctness, as we didn't explicitly change
             # the return type of subparsers.add_parser method.)
             subparser = cast("ArgumentParser", subparser)