Add get_default method.

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diff --git a/doc/source/other-methods.rst b/doc/source/other-methods.rst
index 9f523eb..1e9ca1d 100644
--- a/doc/source/other-methods.rst
+++ b/doc/source/other-methods.rst
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ Parser defaults
    
    Parser-level defaults can be particularly useful when you're working with multiple parsers.  See the :meth:`add_subparsers` method for an example of this type.
 
+.. method:: get_default(dest)
+
+   Get the default value for a namespace attribute, as set by either :meth:`add_argument` or by :meth:`set_defaults`::
+   
+     >>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+     >>> parser.add_argument('--foo', default='badger')
+     >>> parser.get_default('foo')
+     'badger'
 
 Sub-commands
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