@@ -774,16 +774,16 @@ how the command-line arguments should be handled. The supplied actions are:
774774 >>> parser.parse_args('--foo --bar'.split())
775775 Namespace(foo=True, bar=False, baz=True)
776776
777- * ``'append' `` - This stores a list, and appends each argument value to the
778- list. It is useful to allow an option to be specified multiple times.
779- If the default value is non-empty, the default elements will be present
780- in the parsed value for the option, with any values from the
781- command line appended after those default values. Example usage::
777+ * ``'append' `` - This appends each argument value to a list.
778+ It is useful for allowing an option to be specified multiple times.
779+ If the default value is a non-empty list , the parsed value will start
780+ with the default list's elements and any values from the command line
781+ will be appended after those default values. Example usage::
782782
783783 >>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
784- >>> parser.add_argument('--foo', action='append')
784+ >>> parser.add_argument('--foo', action='append', default=['0'] )
785785 >>> parser.parse_args('--foo 1 --foo 2'.split())
786- Namespace(foo=['1', '2'])
786+ Namespace(foo=['0', ' 1', '2'])
787787
788788* ``'append_const' `` - This stores a list, and appends the value specified by
789789 the const _ keyword argument to the list; note that the const _ keyword
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