diff --git a/main/Keys.scala b/main/Keys.scala
index fb854cd33..d752cd8ff 100644
--- a/main/Keys.scala
+++ b/main/Keys.scala
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ object Keys
 	val consoleProject = TaskKey[Unit]("console-project", "Starts the Scala interpreter with the sbt and the build definition on the classpath and useful imports.", AMinusTask)
 	val compile = TaskKey[Analysis]("compile", "Compiles sources.", APlusTask)
 	val compilers = TaskKey[Compiler.Compilers]("compilers", "Defines the Scala and Java compilers to use for compilation.", DTask)
-	val compileIncSetup = TaskKey[Compiler.IncSetup]("inc-compile-setup", "Configurations aspects of incremental compilation.", DTask)
+	val compileIncSetup = TaskKey[Compiler.IncSetup]("inc-compile-setup", "Configures aspects of incremental compilation.", DTask)
 	val definesClass = TaskKey[DefinesClass]("defines-class", "Internal use: provides a function that determines whether the provided file contains a given class.", Invisible)
 	val doc = TaskKey[File]("doc", "Generates API documentation.", AMinusTask)
 	val copyResources = TaskKey[Seq[(File,File)]]("copy-resources", "Copies resources to the output directory.", AMinusTask)
diff --git a/main/command/BasicCommandStrings.scala b/main/command/BasicCommandStrings.scala
index 81079f190..1b5168d26 100644
--- a/main/command/BasicCommandStrings.scala
+++ b/main/command/BasicCommandStrings.scala
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ object BasicCommandStrings
 	Searches the help according to the provided regular expression.
 """
 
-	def historyHelp = Help.briefDetail(HistoryCommands.descriptions)
+	def HistoryHelpBrief = (HistoryCommands.Start -> "History command help.  Lists and describes all history commands.")
+	def historyHelp = Help(HistoryHelpBrief, (HistoryHelpBrief +: HistoryCommands.descriptions).toMap)
 
 	def exitBrief = "Terminates the build."
 
diff --git a/main/command/CommandUtil.scala b/main/command/CommandUtil.scala
index baaedd21a..d4cff3cca 100644
--- a/main/command/CommandUtil.scala
+++ b/main/command/CommandUtil.scala
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ object CommandUtil
 		}
 	}
 	def layoutDetails(details: Map[String,String]): String =
-		details.map { case (k,v) => k + ":\n\n  " + v  } mkString("\n", "\n\n", "\n")
+		details.map { case (k,v) => k + "\n\n  " + v  } mkString("\n", "\n\n", "\n")
 
 	final val HelpPatternFlags = Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.UNICODE_CASE