diff --git a/extensions/venkman/locales/en-US/chrome/venkman.properties b/extensions/venkman/locales/en-US/chrome/venkman.properties
index 19b59ec0ea9..0503c5437c4 100644
--- a/extensions/venkman/locales/en-US/chrome/venkman.properties
+++ b/extensions/venkman/locales/en-US/chrome/venkman.properties
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ msg.files.rec         = Files
 #msg.doc.popuphdr     = Popups
 #msg.doc.keyhdr       = Keys
 
+msg.help.hostproblem  = You're running Venkman in an application which doesn't have a browser. Therefore, we can't show you this help content. If you install Venkman in Firefox, SeaMonkey or Flock, you can copy this URL into the address bar to show the help: x-jsd:help . You can also use the help command with a parameter to get help information on a specific command.
+
 msg.note.console     = This command is available from the console.
 msg.note.noconsole    = This command is NOT available from the console.
 msg.note.needstack   = You must be stopped at a breakpoint to use this command.
diff --git a/extensions/venkman/resources/content/venkman-commands.js b/extensions/venkman/resources/content/venkman-commands.js
index 2f38ef573c1..f0ea1c9799b 100644
--- a/extensions/venkman/resources/content/venkman-commands.js
+++ b/extensions/venkman/resources/content/venkman-commands.js
@@ -1180,27 +1180,28 @@ function cmdHelp (e)
     var ary;
     if (!e.pattern)
     {
-        openTopWin ("x-jsd:help", "venkman-help");
-        return true;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        ary = console.commandManager.list (e.pattern, CMD_CONSOLE);
- 
-        if (ary.length == 0)
+        if (!console.haveBrowser)
         {
-            display (getMsg(MSN_ERR_NO_COMMAND, e.pattern), MT_ERROR);
+            display(MSG_HELP_HOSTPROBLEM, MT_ERROR);
             return false;
         }
-
-        for (var i in ary)
-        {        
-            display (getMsg(MSN_FMT_USAGE, [ary[i].name, ary[i].usage]), 
-                     MT_USAGE);
-            display (ary[i].help, MT_HELP);
-        }
+        openTopWin("x-jsd:help", "venkman-help");
+        return true;
     }
 
+    ary = console.commandManager.list(e.pattern, CMD_CONSOLE);
+
+    if (ary.length == 0)
+    {
+        display(getMsg(MSN_ERR_NO_COMMAND, e.pattern), MT_ERROR);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    for (var i in ary)
+    {
+        display(getMsg(MSN_FMT_USAGE, [ary[i].name, ary[i].usage]), MT_USAGE);
+        display(ary[i].help, MT_HELP);
+    }
     return true;
 }