Index: Lib/argparse.py =================================================================== --- Lib/argparse.py (revisione 86534) +++ Lib/argparse.py (copia locale) @@ -1919,17 +1919,12 @@ # if we didn't consume all the argument strings, there were extras extras.extend(arg_strings[stop_index:]) - # if we didn't use all the Positional objects, there were too few - # arg strings supplied. - if positionals: - self.error(_('too few arguments')) - # make sure all required actions were present - for action in self._actions: - if action.required: - if action not in seen_actions: - name = _get_action_name(action) - self.error(_('argument %s is required') % name) + required_actions = [_get_action_name(action) for action in self._actions + if action.required and action not in seen_actions] + if required_actions: + self.error(_('the following arguments are required: %s') % + ', '.join(required_actions)) # make sure all required groups had one option present for group in self._mutually_exclusive_groups: