diff -r 37905786b34b Doc/library/argparse.rst
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst	Sun Apr 12 23:24:17 2015 -0500
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst	Mon Apr 13 17:03:27 2015 -0400
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
 interfaces. The program defines what arguments it requires, and :mod:`argparse`
 will figure out how to parse those out of :data:`sys.argv`.  The :mod:`argparse`
 module also automatically generates help and usage messages and issues errors
-when users give the program invalid arguments.
-
+when users give the program invalid arguments.  See the `Quick Reference`_ for a
+summary table of applicable parameters for each action_ in
+:meth:`~ArgumentParser.add_argument`.
 
 Example
 -------
@@ -669,6 +670,43 @@
 
 The following sections describe how each of these are used.
 
+Quick Reference
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The table below provides a summary of applicable parameters (columns) of the add_argument() method for each functional action_ (rows).
+
++-----------------+---------+----------------+-----------+--------+-----------+------------+--------+-----------+--------+
+|                 |nargs_   |const_          |default_   |type_   |choices_   |required_   |help_   |metavar_   |dest_   |
++=================+=========+================+===========+========+===========+============+========+===========+========+
+|``store``        |x        |if ``nargs='?'``|x          |x       |x          |x           |x       |x          |x       |
++-----------------+---------+----------------+-----------+--------+-----------+------------+--------+-----------+--------+
+|``store_const``  |         |x               |x          |        |           |x           |x       |x          |x       |
++-----------------+---------+----------------+-----------+--------+-----------+------------+--------+-----------+--------+
+|``store_true``   |         |x               |x          |        |           |x           |x       |x          |x       |
++-----------------+---------+----------------+-----------+--------+-----------+------------+--------+-----------+--------+
+|``store_false``  |         |x               |x          |        |           |x           |x       |x          |x       |
++-----------------+---------+----------------+-----------+--------+-----------+------------+--------+-----------+--------+
+|``append``       |x        |if ``nargs='?'``|x          |x       |x          |x           |x       |x          |x       |
++-----------------+---------+----------------+-----------+--------+-----------+------------+--------+-----------+--------+
+|``append_const`` |         |x               |x          |        |           |x           |x       |x          |x       |
++-----------------+---------+----------------+-----------+--------+-----------+------------+--------+-----------+--------+
+|``count``        |         |                |           |        |           |            |x       |x          |x       |
++-----------------+---------+----------------+-----------+--------+-----------+------------+--------+-----------+--------+
+
+
+.. note::
+
+    * ``default`` can be set to ``argparse.SUPPRESS`` to prevent the
+      attribute from being added
+
+    * ``nargs='?'`` will use ``default`` if the argument is not
+      specified, but ``const`` if the argument is specified with no
+      value provided
+
+    * list-type ``nargs`` (an ``int``, ``'*'`` or ``'+'``) causes a
+      list to be used: ``store`` becomes a list and ``append`` becomes
+      a list of lists
+
 
 name or flags
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^