+usage = 'subunitrun [options] <tests>'
+description = '''
+This runs a Samba python test suite. The tests are typically located in
+source4/scripting/python/samba/tests/*.py
+
+To run the tests from one of those modules, specify the test as
+samba.tests.MODULE. For example, to run the tests in common.py:
+
+ subunitrun samba.tests.common
+
+To list the tests in that module, use:
+
+ subunitrun -l samba.tests.common
+'''
+
+def format_description(formatter):
+ '''hack to prevent textwrap of the description'''
+ return description
+
+parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage=usage, description=description)
+parser.format_description = format_description