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diff --git a/Modules/main.c b/Modules/main.c
index 3f39c9b..ac6b38d 100644
--- a/Modules/main.c
+++ b/Modules/main.c
@@ -59,31 +59,32 @@ static char *usage_line =
static char *usage_1 = "\
Options and arguments (and corresponding environment variables):\n\
-c cmd : program passed in as string (terminates option list)\n\
--d : debug output from parser (also PYTHONDEBUG=x)\n\
+-d : debug output from parser; also PYTHONDEBUG=x\n\
-E : ignore environment variables (such as PYTHONPATH)\n\
-h : print this help message and exit (also --help)\n\
--i : inspect interactively after running script, (also PYTHONINSPECT=x)\n\
- and force prompts, even if stdin does not appear to be a terminal\n\
+-i : inspect interactively after running script; forces a prompt even\n\
+ if stdin does not appear to be a terminal; also PYTHONINSPECT=x\n\
";
static char *usage_2 = "\
-m mod : run library module as a script (terminates option list)\n\
--O : optimize generated bytecode (a tad; also PYTHONOPTIMIZE=x)\n\
+-O : optimize generated bytecode slightly; also PYTHONOPTIMIZE=x\n\
-OO : remove doc-strings in addition to the -O optimizations\n\
-S : don't imply 'import site' on initialization\n\
-t : issue warnings about inconsistent tab usage (-tt: issue errors)\n\
--u : unbuffered binary stdout and stderr (also PYTHONUNBUFFERED=x)\n\
+-u : unbuffered binary stdout and stderr; also PYTHONUNBUFFERED=x\n\
";
static char *usage_3 = "\
see man page for details on internal buffering relating to '-u'\n\
--v : verbose (trace import statements) (also PYTHONVERBOSE=x)\n\
+-v : verbose (trace import statements); also PYTHONVERBOSE=x\n\
+ can be supplied multiple times to increase verbosity\n\
-V : print the Python version number and exit (also --version)\n\
--W arg : warning control (arg is action:message:category:module:lineno)\n\
+-W arg : warning control; arg is action:message:category:module:lineno\n\
-x : skip first line of source, allowing use of non-Unix forms of #!cmd\n\
file : program read from script file\n\
- : program read from stdin (default; interactive mode if a tty)\n\
";
static char *usage_4 = "\
-arg ...: arguments passed to program in sys.argv[1:]\n\
+arg ...: arguments passed to program in sys.argv[1:]\n\n\
Other environment variables:\n\
PYTHONSTARTUP: file executed on interactive startup (no default)\n\
PYTHONPATH : '%c'-separated list of directories prefixed to the\n\