diff --git a/Lib/optparse.py b/Lib/optparse.py
index cbe3451ced8bc3..38cf16d21efffa 100644
--- a/Lib/optparse.py
+++ b/Lib/optparse.py
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
"""
import sys, os
-import textwrap
from gettext import gettext as _, ngettext
@@ -252,6 +251,7 @@ def _format_text(self, text):
Format a paragraph of free-form text for inclusion in the
help output at the current indentation level.
"""
+ import textwrap
text_width = max(self.width - self.current_indent, 11)
indent = " "*self.current_indent
return textwrap.fill(text,
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ def format_option(self, option):
indent_first = 0
result.append(opts)
if option.help:
+ import textwrap
help_text = self.expand_default(option)
help_lines = textwrap.wrap(help_text, self.help_width)
result.append("%*s%s\n" % (indent_first, "", help_lines[0]))
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-01-15-18-54-48.gh-issue-118761.G1dv6E.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-01-15-18-54-48.gh-issue-118761.G1dv6E.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4144ef8f40e6dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-01-15-18-54-48.gh-issue-118761.G1dv6E.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Reduce the import time of :mod:`optparse` when no help text is printed.
+Patch by Eli Schwartz.
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