diff --git a/scrapy/telnet.py b/scrapy/telnet.py
index 1d9d9e1b0..719bb0829 100644
--- a/scrapy/telnet.py
+++ b/scrapy/telnet.py
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ class TelnetConsole(protocol.ServerFactory):
             'p': pprint.pprint,
             'prefs': print_live_refs,
             'hpy': hpy,
+            'help': "This is Scrapy telnet console. For more info see: " \
+                "http://doc.scrapy.org/topics/telnetconsole.html", # see #284
         }
         send_catch_log(update_telnet_vars, telnet_vars=telnet_vars)
         return telnet_vars