diff --git a/Lib/symtable.py b/Lib/symtable.py
index a711676582f649..2dd40b4855820c 100644
--- a/Lib/symtable.py
+++ b/Lib/symtable.py
@@ -233,11 +233,27 @@ def get_namespace(self):
             raise ValueError("name is bound to multiple namespaces")
         return self.__namespaces[0]
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    import os, sys
-    with open(sys.argv[0]) as f:
-        src = f.read()
-    mod = symtable(src, os.path.split(sys.argv[0])[1], "exec")
+def main():
+    from argparse import ArgumentParser, FileType
+    parser = ArgumentParser(prog='python -m symtable')
+    parser.add_argument('infile', type=FileType(mode='rb'), nargs='?',
+                        default='-',
+                        help='the file to show symbol table; defaults to stdin')
+    parser.add_argument('-m', '--mode', default='exec',
+                        choices=('exec', 'single', 'eval'),
+                        help='specify what kind of code must be parsed')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    with args.infile as infile:
+        source = infile.read()
+
+    mod = symtable(source, args.infile.name, args.mode)
+    available_properties = [prop for prop in dir(Symbol) if prop.startswith("is_")]
+
     for ident in mod.get_identifiers():
-        info = mod.lookup(ident)
-        print(info, info.is_local(), info.is_namespace())
+        symbol = mod.lookup(ident)
+        properties = {prop.removeprefix("is_") for prop in available_properties if getattr(symbol, prop)()}
+        print(symbol, "==>", properties)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-09-13-20-46.bpo-40926.iu-NHn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-09-13-20-46.bpo-40926.iu-NHn.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0933576a38c039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-09-13-20-46.bpo-40926.iu-NHn.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix command line interface of :mod:`symtable`.