diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index 96585ae8d9..698ffde7ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending
 on the subcommand:
 
+ git bisect help
  git bisect start [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...]
  git bisect bad [<rev>]
  git bisect good [<rev>...]
@@ -29,6 +30,12 @@ This command uses 'git-rev-list --bisect' option to help drive the
 binary search process to find which change introduced a bug, given an
 old "good" commit object name and a later "bad" commit object name.
 
+Getting help
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Use "git bisect" to get a short usage description, and "git bisect
+help" or "git bisect -h" to get a long usage description.
+
 Basic bisect commands: start, bad, good
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh
index 48fb92d612..a1343f61db 100755
--- a/git-bisect.sh
+++ b/git-bisect.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-USAGE='[start|bad|good|skip|next|reset|visualize|replay|log|run]'
-LONG_USAGE='git bisect start [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]
+USAGE='[help|start|bad|good|skip|next|reset|visualize|replay|log|run]'
+LONG_USAGE='git bisect help
+        print this long help message.
+git bisect start [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]
         reset bisect state and start bisection.
 git bisect bad [<rev>]
         mark <rev> a known-bad revision.
@@ -20,7 +22,9 @@ git bisect replay <logfile>
 git bisect log
         show bisect log.
 git bisect run <cmd>...
-        use <cmd>... to automatically bisect.'
+        use <cmd>... to automatically bisect.
+
+Please use "git help bisect" to get the full man page.'
 
 OPTIONS_SPEC=
 . git-sh-setup
@@ -465,6 +469,8 @@ case "$#" in
     cmd="$1"
     shift
     case "$cmd" in
+    help)
+        git bisect -h ;;
     start)
         bisect_start "$@" ;;
     bad|good|skip)