.. _cmd-help: help - display fish documentation ================================= Synopsis -------- .. synopsis:: help [SECTION] Description ----------- ``help`` displays the fish help documentation. If a *SECTION* is specified, the help for that command is shown. The **-h** or **--help** option displays help about using this command. If the :envvar:`BROWSER` environment variable is set, it will be used to display the documentation. Otherwise, fish will search for a suitable browser. To use a different browser than as described above, you can set ``$fish_help_browser`` This variable may be set as a list, where the first element is the browser command and the rest are browser options. Example ------- ``help fg`` shows the documentation for the :doc:`fg <fg>` builtin. Notes ----- Most builtin commands, including this one, display their help in the terminal when given the **--help** option.