diff --git a/pscheduler-core/pscheduler-core/troubleshoot b/pscheduler-core/pscheduler-core/troubleshoot
index e4d96f373..b6509e1f5 100755
--- a/pscheduler-core/pscheduler-core/troubleshoot
+++ b/pscheduler-core/pscheduler-core/troubleshoot
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ pscheduler.set_graceful_exit()
 #
 
 class VerbatimParser(optparse.OptionParser):
-    return self.epilog
+    def format_epilog(self, formatter):
+        return self.epilog
 
 opt_parser = VerbatimParser(
     usage="Usage: %prog [ OPTIONS ] host",