@@ -173,15 +173,8 @@ prohibit it by passing ``verbose=False``. In either of those cases,
173173``sys.argv `` is not examined by :func: `testmod ` (so passing ``-v `` or not
174174has no effect).
175175
176- There is also a command line shortcut for running :func: `testmod `. You can
177- instruct the Python interpreter to run the doctest module directly from the
178- standard library and pass the module name(s) on the command line::
179-
180- python -m doctest -v example.py
181-
182- This will import :file: `example.py ` as a standalone module and run
183- :func: `testmod ` on it. Note that this may not work correctly if the file is
184- part of a package and imports other submodules from that package.
176+ There is also a command line shortcut for running :func: `testmod `, see section
177+ :ref: `doctest-cli `.
185178
186179For more information on :func: `testmod `, see section :ref: `doctest-basic-api `.
187180
@@ -244,16 +237,53 @@ Like :func:`testmod`, :func:`testfile`'s verbosity can be set with the
244237``-v `` command-line switch or with the optional keyword argument
245238*verbose *.
246239
247- There is also a command line shortcut for running :func: `testfile `. You can
248- instruct the Python interpreter to run the doctest module directly from the
249- standard library and pass the file name(s) on the command line::
240+ There is also a command line shortcut for running :func: `testfile `, see section
241+ :ref: `doctest-cli `.
250242
251- python -m doctest -v example.txt
243+ For more information on :func: ` testfile `, see section :ref: ` doctest-basic-api `.
252244
253- Because the file name does not end with :file: `.py `, :mod: `doctest ` infers that
254- it must be run with :func: `testfile `, not :func: `testmod `.
255245
256- For more information on :func: `testfile `, see section :ref: `doctest-basic-api `.
246+ .. _doctest-cli :
247+
248+ Command-line Usage
249+ ------------------
250+
251+ The :mod: `doctest ` module can be invoked as a script from the command line:
252+
253+ .. code-block :: bash
254+
255+ python -m doctest [-v] [-o OPTION] [-f] file [file ...]
256+
257+ .. program :: doctest
258+
259+ .. option :: -v , --verbose
260+
261+ Detailed report of all examples tried is printed to standard output,
262+ along with assorted summaries at the end::
263+
264+ python -m doctest -v example.py
265+
266+ This will import :file: `example.py ` as a standalone module and run
267+ :func: `testmod ` on it. Note that this may not work correctly if the
268+ file is part of a package and imports other submodules from that package.
269+
270+ If the file name does not end with :file: `.py `, :mod: `!doctest ` infers
271+ that it must be run with :func: `testfile ` instead::
272+
273+ python -m doctest -v example.txt
274+
275+ .. option :: -o , --option <option >
276+
277+ Option flags control various aspects of doctest's behavior, see section
278+ :ref: `doctest-options `.
279+
280+ .. versionadded :: 3.4
281+
282+ .. option :: -f , --fail-fast
283+
284+ This is shorthand for ``-o FAIL_FAST ``.
285+
286+ .. versionadded :: 3.4
257287
258288
259289.. _doctest-how-it-works :
@@ -536,9 +566,6 @@ Symbolic names for the flags are supplied as module constants, which can be
536566The names can also be used in :ref: `doctest directives <doctest-directives >`,
537567and may be passed to the doctest command line interface via the ``-o `` option.
538568
539- .. versionadded :: 3.4
540- The ``-o `` command line option.
541-
542569The first group of options define test semantics, controlling aspects of how
543570doctest decides whether actual output matches an example's expected output:
544571
@@ -678,11 +705,6 @@ The second group of options controls how test failures are reported:
678705 1. This flag may be useful during debugging, since examples after the first
679706 failure won't even produce debugging output.
680707
681- The doctest command line accepts the option ``-f `` as a shorthand for ``-o
682- FAIL_FAST ``.
683-
684- .. versionadded :: 3.4
685-
686708
687709.. data :: REPORTING_FLAGS
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