diff -r 44f455e6163d Lib/argparse.py --- a/Lib/argparse.py Thu Jun 27 12:23:29 2013 +0200 +++ b/Lib/argparse.py Sun Jul 13 22:17:50 2014 -0700 @@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ version=None, dest=SUPPRESS, default=SUPPRESS, - help="show program's version number and exit"): + help=_("show program's version number and exit")): super(_VersionAction, self).__init__( option_strings=option_strings, dest=dest,