argparse mutually exclusive group title and description in help message

Why I can't I have an argparse mutually exclusive group with a title or description, so that it appears as a separate category under the --help message?

I have an options group with a name and a description:

import argparse

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()

group = parser.add_argument_group(
    'foo options', 'various (mutually exclusive) ways to do foo')
group.add_argument('--option_a', action='store_true', help='option a')
group.add_argument('--option_b', action='store_true', help='option b')

args = parser.parse_args()

Output of --help:

usage: foo.py [-h] [--option_a] [--option_b]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit

foo options:
  various (mutually exclusive) ways to do foo

  --option_a  option a
  --option_b  option b

But I want to make the group mutually exclusive:

import argparse

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()

group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()  # here
group.add_argument('--option_a', action='store_true', help='option a')
group.add_argument('--option_b', action='store_true', help='option b')

args = parser.parse_args()

Output of --help:

usage: foo.py [-h] [--option_a | --option_b]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  --option_a  option a
  --option_b  option b

There is no distinction in the help message that these options are part of a group, and I can't specify a title/description (add_mutually_exclusive_group takes no additional positional arguments). Does anyone have a workaround?