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-rw-r--r--pyramid/scripts/pserve.py7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/pyramid/scripts/pserve.py b/pyramid/scripts/pserve.py
index 51cdd235a..845933c27 100644
--- a/pyramid/scripts/pserve.py
+++ b/pyramid/scripts/pserve.py
@@ -107,9 +107,10 @@ class PServeCommand(object):
'config_vars',
nargs='*',
default=(),
- help='Arbitrary options to override those in the [app:main] section '
- 'of the configuration file.',
- )
+ help="Variables required by the config file. For example, "
+ "`http_port=%%(http_port)s` would expect `http_port=8080` to be "
+ "passed here.",
+ )
ConfigParser = configparser.ConfigParser # testing