python · hugovk · May 3, 2025 · May 3, 2025 · May 3, 2025 · May 3, 2025
diff --git a/Doc/library/cmdline.rst b/Doc/library/cmdline.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The following modules have a command-line interface.
 * :mod:`pdb`
 * :ref:`pickle <pickle-cli>`
 * :ref:`pickletools <pickletools-cli>`
-* :mod:`platform`
+* :ref:`platform <platform-cli>`
 * :mod:`poplib`
 * :ref:`profile <profile-cli>`
 * :mod:`pstats`

diff --git a/Doc/library/platform.rst b/Doc/library/platform.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   section.


-Cross Platform
+Cross platform
 --------------


@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Cross Platform
      :attr:`processor` is resolved late instead of immediately.


-Java Platform
+Java platform
 -------------


@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ Java Platform
      and was only useful for Jython support.


-Windows Platform
+Windows platform
 ----------------


@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ Windows Platform
   .. versionadded:: 3.8


-macOS Platform
+macOS platform
 --------------

 .. function:: mac_ver(release='', versioninfo=('','',''), machine='')
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ macOS Platform
   Entries which cannot be determined are set to ``''``.  All tuple entries are
   strings.

-iOS Platform
+iOS platform
 ------------

 .. function:: ios_ver(system='', release='', model='', is_simulator=False)
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ iOS Platform
   parameters.


-Unix Platforms
+Unix platforms
 --------------

 .. function:: libc_ver(executable=sys.executable, lib='', version='', chunksize=16384)
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ Unix Platforms
   The file is read and scanned in chunks of *chunksize* bytes.


-Linux Platforms
+Linux platforms
 ---------------

 .. function:: freedesktop_os_release()
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Linux Platforms
   .. versionadded:: 3.10


-Android Platform
+Android platform
 ----------------

 .. function:: android_ver(release="", api_level=0, manufacturer="", \
@@ -360,6 +360,34 @@ Android Platform

   .. versionadded:: 3.13

+.. _platform-cli:
+
+Command-line usage
+------------------
+
+:mod:`platform` can also be invoked directly using the :option:`-m`
+switch of the interpreter::
+
+   python -m platform [--terse] [--nonaliased] [{nonaliased,terse} ...]
+
+The following options are accepted:
+
+.. program:: platform
+
+.. option:: --terse
+
+   Print terse information about the platform. This is equivalent to
+   calling :func:`platform.platform` with the *terse* argument set to ``True``.
+
+.. option:: --nonaliased
+
+   Print platform information without system/OS name aliasing. This is
+   equivalent to calling :func:`platform.platform` with the *aliased* argument
+   set to ``True``.
+
+You can also pass one or more positional arguments (``terse``, ``nonaliased``)
+to explicitly control the output format. These behave similarly to their
+corresponding options.

 Miscellaneous
 -------------