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diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
index 13af7ac..94e1b8a 100644
--- a/Lib/argparse.py
+++ b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -591,7 +591,11 @@ class HelpFormatter(object):
elif action.nargs == OPTIONAL:
result = '[%s]' % get_metavar(1)
elif action.nargs == ZERO_OR_MORE:
- result = '[%s [%s ...]]' % get_metavar(2)
+ metavar = get_metavar(1)
+ if len(metavar) == 2:
+ result = '[%s [%s ...]]' % metavar
+ else:
+ result = '[%s ...]' % metavar
elif action.nargs == ONE_OR_MORE:
result = '%s [%s ...]' % get_metavar(2)
elif action.nargs == REMAINDER: