This library adds the following help functions and support for Eshell: - run-help function inspired by Zsh - eldoc support To use this package, add these lines to your .emacs file: (require 'esh-help) (setup-esh-help-eldoc) ;; To use eldoc in Eshell And by using M-x eldoc-mode in Eshell, you can see help strings for the pointed command in minibuffer. And by using M-x esh-help-run-help, you can see full help string for the command.