gh-133934: Mention special commands in sqlite3 `.help` message (GH-135224)

diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/__main__.py b/Lib/sqlite3/__main__.py
index 9443afbfcc273fd297520768a5c734320eb70cdb..35344ecceff5260527ce6ca8c48e3f3f25c0781c 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/__main__.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/__main__.py
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ class SqliteInteractiveConsole(InteractiveConsole):
                 case "version":
                     print(sqlite3.sqlite_version)
                 case "help":
-                    print("Enter SQL code and press enter.")
+                    t = theme.syntax
+                    print(f"Enter SQL code or one of the below commands, and press enter.\n\n"
+                          f"{t.builtin}.version{t.reset}    Print underlying SQLite library version\n"
+                          f"{t.builtin}.help{t.reset}       Print this help message\n"
+                          f"{t.builtin}.quit{t.reset}       Exit the CLI, equivalent to CTRL-D\n")
                 case "quit":
                     sys.exit(0)
                 case "":

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-06-06-17-34-18.gh-issue-133934.yT1r68.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-06-06-17-34-18.gh-issue-133934.yT1r68.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..4de7b4c
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improve :mod:`sqlite3` CLI's ``.help`` message.