diff --git a/Doc/library/compileall.rst b/Doc/library/compileall.rst
index 55dd958909b..cb7a09c0fb0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/compileall.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/compileall.rst
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ compile Python sources.
 .. versionchanged:: 3.2
    Added the ``-i``, ``-b`` and ``-h`` options.
 
+There is no command-line option to control the optimization level used by the
+:func:`compile` function, because the Python interpreter itself already
+provides the option: :program:`python -O -m compileall`.
 
 Public functions
 ----------------