diff -r 0aecf0d22e42 -r fc31e5e2968f Doc/library/argparse.rst
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst	Thu Sep 30 08:09:18 2010 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst	Thu Sep 30 20:35:15 2010 +0200
@@ -1709,6 +1709,19 @@
             yield arg
 
 
+Exiting methods
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+.. method:: ArgumentParse.exit(status=0, message=None)
+
+   This method terminates the program, exiting with the specified ``status``
+   and, if defined, it prints a ``message`` before that.
+
+.. method:: ArgumentParse.error(message)
+
+   It prints a usage message including the ``message`` to the standard output
+   and exists (with status = 2).
+
 Upgrading optparse code
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