make defaults in command help look like standard argparse

5 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/bootstrap.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/bootstrap.py
index b41b568fb3..99b6b373db 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/bootstrap.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/bootstrap.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ level = "long"
 def setup_parser(subparser):
     subparser.add_argument(
         '-j', '--jobs', action='store', type=int,
-        help="explicitly set number of make jobs. default is #cpus")
+        help="explicitly set number of make jobs (default: #cpus)")
     subparser.add_argument(
         '--keep-prefix', action='store_true', dest='keep_prefix',
         help="don't remove the install prefix if installation fails")
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/flake8.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/flake8.py
index 887348e9f6..d767e310da 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/flake8.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/flake8.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
         help="send filtered files to stdout as well as temp files")
     subparser.add_argument(
         '-r', '--root-relative', action='store_true', default=False,
-        help="print root-relative paths (default is cwd-relative)")
+        help="print root-relative paths (default: cwd-relative)")
     subparser.add_argument(
         '-U', '--no-untracked', dest='untracked', action='store_false',
         default=True, help="exclude untracked files from checks")
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/install.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/install.py
index 8b6c04bfcc..ceb03f938c 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/install.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/install.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ the dependencies"""
     )
     subparser.add_argument(
         '-j', '--jobs', action='store', type=int,
-        help="explicitly set number of make jobs. default is #cpus")
+        help="explicitly set number of make jobs (default: #cpus)")
     subparser.add_argument(
         '--overwrite', action='store_true',
         help="reinstall an existing spec, even if it has dependents")
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/log_parse.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/log_parse.py
index 55170e7d5a..b5ce4fc9c9 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/log_parse.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/log_parse.py
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ def setup_parser(subparser):
         help="wrap width: auto-size to terminal by default; 0 for no wrap")
     subparser.add_argument(
         '-j', '--jobs', action='store', type=int, default=None,
-        help="number of jobs to parse log file; default is 1 for short logs, "
-        "ncpus for long logs")
+        help="number of jobs to parse log file (default: 1 for short logs, "
+        "ncpus for long logs)")
 
     subparser.add_argument(
         'file', help="a log file containing build output, or - for stdin")
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/main.py b/lib/spack/spack/main.py
index f2e5d8fafb..4c2b09f6ba 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/main.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/main.py
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def make_argument_parser():
                         help="show this help message and exit")
     parser.add_argument('--color', action='store', default='auto',
                         choices=('always', 'never', 'auto'),
-                        help="when to colorize output; default is auto")
+                        help="when to colorize output (default: auto)")
     parser.add_argument('-d', '--debug', action='store_true',
                         help="write out debug logs during compile")
     parser.add_argument('-D', '--pdb', action='store_true',
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ def make_argument_parser():
                         help="profile and sort by one or more of:\n[%s]" %
                         ',\n '.join([', '.join(line) for line in stat_lines]))
     parser.add_argument('--lines', default=20, action='store',
-                        help="lines of profile output; default 20; or 'all'")
+                        help="lines of profile output or 'all' (default: 20)")
     parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true',
                         help="print additional output during builds")
     parser.add_argument('-s', '--stacktrace', action='store_true',