3 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb b/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb
index 18c7ab057..177df81f2 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require 'puppet/interface/documentation'
 require 'prettyprint'
 
 class Puppet::Interface::Action
-  include Puppet::Interface::DocSupport
+  include Puppet::Interface::FullDocs
 
   def initialize(face, name, attrs = {})
     raise "#{name.inspect} is an invalid action name" unless name.to_s =~ /^[a-z]\w*$/
diff --git a/lib/puppet/interface/documentation.rb b/lib/puppet/interface/documentation.rb
index f3bf33da5..d0bfbb261 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/interface/documentation.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/interface/documentation.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Puppet::Interface
-  module DocSupport
+  module TinyDocs
     attr_accessor :summary
     def summary(value = nil)
       self.summary = value unless value.nil?
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ class Puppet::Interface
       self.description = value unless value.nil?
       @description
     end
+  end
+
+  module FullDocs
+    include TinyDocs
 
     attr_accessor :examples
     def examples(value = nil)
diff --git a/lib/puppet/interface/option.rb b/lib/puppet/interface/option.rb
index 3d3840ff6..493b5c3bd 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/interface/option.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/interface/option.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 require 'puppet/interface'
 
 class Puppet::Interface::Option
+  include Puppet::Interface::FullDocs
+  # For compatibility, deprecated, and should go fairly soon...
+  ['', '='].each { |x| alias :"desc#{x}" :"description#{x}" }
+
   def initialize(parent, *declaration, &block)
     @parent   = parent
     @optparse = []
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ class Puppet::Interface::Option
   end
 
   attr_reader   :parent, :name, :aliases, :optparse
-  attr_accessor :required, :desc
+  attr_accessor :required
 
   attr_accessor :before_action
   def before_action=(proc)