diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3381e0754..19703432c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export DEV_PORT_HTTPS
 .PHONY: help
 # HELP: print out this help message
 help:
-	@echo "Nothing to see here, go away"
+	@utils/makehelp.pl Makefile
 
 .PHONY: all
 # HELP: unfinished
diff --git a/utils/makehelp.pl b/utils/makehelp.pl
index d3a81b3b8..aa742a7ea 100755
--- a/utils/makehelp.pl
+++ b/utils/makehelp.pl
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use warnings;
 
 my %msg = ();
 my @start = ();
+my %reorder = (help=>-1);
 
 READ: while(<>) {
   if(m/^# HELP HEADER START/) {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ READ: while(<>) {
 
 print "$_\n" for @start;
 print "\n" if @start;
-for my $tar(sort keys %msg) {
+for my $tar(sort {($reorder{$a}||0) <=> ($reorder{$b}||0) || $a cmp $b } keys %msg) {
   print "$tar\n  $msg{$tar}\n\n"
 }