diff --git a/IPython/terminal/interactiveshell.py b/IPython/terminal/interactiveshell.py index fcb816e..bc21e4e 100644 --- a/IPython/terminal/interactiveshell.py +++ b/IPython/terminal/interactiveshell.py @@ -225,11 +225,14 @@ class TerminalInteractiveShell(InteractiveShell): help="""Use `raw_input` for the REPL, without completion and prompt colors. Useful when controlling IPython as a subprocess, and piping STDIN/OUT/ERR. Known usage are: - IPython own testing machinery, and emacs inferior-shell integration through elpy. + IPython own testing machinery, and emacs inferior-python integration through elpy. This mode default to `True` if the `IPY_TEST_SIMPLE_PROMPT` - environment variable is set, or the current terminal is not a tty.""" - ).tag(config=True) + environment variable is set, or the current terminal is not a tty. + Thus the Default value reported in --help-all, or config will often + be incorrectly reported. + """, + ).tag(config=True) @property def debugger_cls(self):