diff -r 749c5d6c4ba5 Doc/using/cmdline.rst
--- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst	Tue Nov 22 11:50:40 2016 -0800
+++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst	Wed Nov 23 20:22:04 2016 +0900
@@ -184,12 +184,14 @@
 
    When given twice, print more information about the build, like::
 
        Python 3.6.0b2+ (3.6:84a3c5003510+, Oct 26 2016, 02:33:55)
        [GCC 6.2.0 20161005]
 
+   .. versionadded:: 3.6
+      The ``-VV`` option.
 
 .. _using-on-misc-options:
 
 Miscellaneous options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff -r 749c5d6c4ba5 Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst	Tue Nov 22 11:50:40 2016 -0800
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst	Wed Nov 23 20:22:04 2016 +0900
@@ -1829,12 +1829,24 @@
   (Contributed by Brett Cannon in :issue:`27186`.)
 
 * The :c:func:`PyUnicode_FSConverter` and :c:func:`PyUnicode_FSDecoder`
   functions will now accept :term:`path-like objects <path-like object>`.
 
 
+Other Improvements
+==================
+
+* When :option:`--version` (short form: :option:`-V`) is supplied twice,
+  Python prints :data:`sys.version` for detailed information.
+
+  .. code-block:: shell-session
+
+    $ ./python -VV
+    Python 3.6.0b4+ (3.6:223967b49e49+, Nov 21 2016, 20:55:04)
+    [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 8.0.0 (clang-800.0.42.1)]
+
 
 Deprecated
 ==========
 
 New Keywords
 ------------