diff --git a/src/lay/lay/layHelpDialog.cc b/src/lay/lay/layHelpDialog.cc
index 44c7a1380..1371be842 100644
--- a/src/lay/lay/layHelpDialog.cc
+++ b/src/lay/lay/layHelpDialog.cc
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ HelpDialog::HelpDialog (QWidget *parent, bool modal)
   mp_browser_panel = new lay::BrowserPanel (this);
   help_layout->addWidget (mp_browser_panel);
 
+  QSizePolicy sp = mp_browser_panel->sizePolicy ();
+  sp.setVerticalStretch (1);
+  mp_browser_panel->setSizePolicy (sp);
+
   if (modal) {
     QFrame *button_frame = new QFrame (this);
     help_layout->addWidget (button_frame);
diff --git a/src/lay/lay/layMainWindow.cc b/src/lay/lay/layMainWindow.cc
index 01d08facd..6102aaadf 100644
--- a/src/lay/lay/layMainWindow.cc
+++ b/src/lay/lay/layMainWindow.cc
@@ -4793,7 +4793,7 @@ MainWindow::cm_show_assistant ()
 void
 MainWindow::show_help (const QString &url)
 {
-  show_assistant_url (tl::to_string (url), true);
+  show_assistant_url (tl::to_string (url), false);
 }
 
 void