diff --git a/main/command/src/main/scala/sbt/BasicCommands.scala b/main/command/src/main/scala/sbt/BasicCommands.scala
index d83c6d37b..9de6db752 100644
--- a/main/command/src/main/scala/sbt/BasicCommands.scala
+++ b/main/command/src/main/scala/sbt/BasicCommands.scala
@@ -30,23 +30,16 @@ object BasicCommands
 		val spacedArg = singleArgument(helpCommands).?
 		applyEffect(spacedArg)(runHelp(s, h))
 	}
+
 	def runHelp(s: State, h: Help)(arg: Option[String]): State =
 	{
-		val message = arg match {
-			case Some(x) => detail(x, h.detail)
-			case None =>
-				val brief = aligned("  ", "   ", h.brief).mkString("\n", "\n", "\n")
-				val more = h.more.toSeq.sorted
-				if(more.isEmpty)
-					brief
-				else
-					brief + "\n" + moreHelp(more)
-		}
+		val message = Help.message(h, arg)
 		System.out.println(message)
 		s
 	}
-	def moreHelp(more: Seq[String]): String = 
-		more.mkString("More command help available using 'help <command>' for:\n  ", ", ", "\n")
+	@deprecated("Use Help.moreMessage", "0.13.0")
+	def moreHelp(more: Seq[String]): String = Help.moreMessage(more)
+
 
 	def multiParser(s: State): Parser[Seq[String]] =
 	{
diff --git a/main/command/src/main/scala/sbt/Command.scala b/main/command/src/main/scala/sbt/Command.scala
index 7aef382cc..c4f360634 100644
--- a/main/command/src/main/scala/sbt/Command.scala
+++ b/main/command/src/main/scala/sbt/Command.scala
@@ -139,6 +139,22 @@ object Help
 	def briefDetail(help: Seq[(String, String)]): Help = apply(help, help.toMap)
 	def briefOnly(help: Seq[(String, String)]): Help = apply(help, Map.empty[String,String])
 	def detailOnly(help: Seq[(String, String)]): Help = apply(Nil, help.toMap)
+
+		import CommandUtil._
+
+	def message(h: Help, arg: Option[String]): String =
+		arg match {
+			case Some(x) => detail(x, h.detail)
+			case None =>
+				val brief = aligned("  ", "   ", h.brief).mkString("\n", "\n", "\n")
+				val more = h.more.toSeq.sorted
+				if(more.isEmpty)
+					brief
+				else
+					brief + "\n" + moreMessage(more)
+		}
+	def moreMessage(more: Seq[String]): String =
+		more.mkString("More command help available using 'help <command>' for:\n  ", ", ", "\n")
 }
 trait CommandDefinitions extends (State => State)
 {