Index: boost/program_options/options_description.hpp
===================================================================
--- boost/program_options/options_description.hpp	(revision 75427)
+++ boost/program_options/options_description.hpp	(working copy)
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@
         */
         options_description& add(const options_description& desc);
 
+		/** Find the maximum width of the option column, including options in groups
+		*/ 
+		unsigned get_option_column_width() const;
+
     public:
         /** Returns an object of implementation-defined type suitable for adding
             options to options_description. The returned object will
@@ -219,8 +223,10 @@
 
         /** Outputs 'desc' to the specified stream, calling 'f' to output each
             option_description element. */
-        void print(std::ostream& os) const;
+        void print(std::ostream& os, unsigned width = 0) const;
 
+
+
     private:
         typedef std::map<std::string, int>::const_iterator name2index_iterator;
         typedef std::pair<name2index_iterator, name2index_iterator> 
Index: libs/program_options/src/options_description.cpp
===================================================================
--- libs/program_options/src/options_description.cpp	(revision 75427)
+++ libs/program_options/src/options_description.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -581,12 +581,9 @@
         }
     }
 
-    void 
-    options_description::print(std::ostream& os) const
+    unsigned                                                                    
+    options_description::get_option_column_width() const                                
     {
-        if (!m_caption.empty())
-            os << m_caption << ":\n";
-
         /* Find the maximum width of the option column */
         unsigned width(23);
         unsigned i; // vc6 has broken for loop scoping
@@ -597,6 +594,11 @@
             ss << "  " << opt.format_name() << ' ' << opt.format_parameter();
             width = (max)(width, static_cast<unsigned>(ss.str().size()));            
         }
+
+        /* Get width of groups as well*/
+        for (unsigned j = 0; j < groups.size(); ++j)                            
+            width =max(width, groups[j]->get_option_column_width());
+
         /* this is the column were description should start, if first
            column is longer, we go to a new line */
         const unsigned start_of_description_column = m_line_length - m_min_description_length;
@@ -605,6 +607,18 @@
         
         /* add an additional space to improve readability */
         ++width;
+        return width;                                                       
+    }
+
+    void 
+    options_description::print(std::ostream& os, unsigned width) const
+    {
+        if (!m_caption.empty())
+            os << m_caption << ":\n";
+
+        if (!width)
+            width = get_option_column_width();
+
             
         /* The options formatting style is stolen from Subversion. */
         for (i = 0; i < m_options.size(); ++i)
@@ -620,7 +634,8 @@
         }
 
         for (unsigned j = 0; j < groups.size(); ++j) {            
-            os << "\n" << *groups[j];
+            os << "\n";
+            groups[j]->print(os, width);
         }
     }