diff --git a/src-3.0/GF/Command/Commands.hs b/src-3.0/GF/Command/Commands.hs
index 1742012d9..def2c6f70 100644
--- a/src-3.0/GF/Command/Commands.hs
+++ b/src-3.0/GF/Command/Commands.hs
@@ -63,13 +63,40 @@ commandHelp full (co,info) = unlines $ [
 -- this list must be kept sorted by the command name!
 allCommands :: PGF -> Map.Map String CommandInfo
 allCommands pgf = Map.fromAscList [
-  ("cc", emptyCommandInfo),
-  ("e",  emptyCommandInfo),
-  ("ph", emptyCommandInfo),
-  ("q",  emptyCommandInfo),
+  ("cc", emptyCommandInfo {
+     longname = "compute_concrete",
+     synopsis = "computes concrete syntax term using the source grammar",
+     explanation = "Compute a term by concrete syntax definitions. Uses the topmost\n"++
+                   "resource module (the last in listing by command po) to resolve\n"++
+                   "constant names.\n"++
+                   "N.B. You need the flag -retain when importing the grammar, if you want\n"++
+                   "the oper definitions to be retained after compilation; otherwise this\n"++
+                   "command does not expand oper constants.\n"++
+                   "N.B.' The resulting Term is not a term in the sense of abstract syntax,\n"++
+                   "and hence not a valid input to a Tree-demanding command."
+     }),
+  ("e",  emptyCommandInfo {
+     longname = "empty",
+     synopsis = "Takes away all languages and resets all global flags."
+     }),
+  ("ph", emptyCommandInfo {
+     longname = "print_history",
+     synopsis = "print readline history",
+     explanation = "Prints the commands issued during the GF session.\n"++
+                   "The result is readable by the eh command.\n"++
+                   "example:\n"++
+                   "  ph | wf foo.hist  -- save the history into a file"
+     }),
+  ("q",  emptyCommandInfo {
+     longname = "quit",
+     synopsis = "exit GF interpreter"
+     }),
   ("gr", emptyCommandInfo {
      longname = "generate_random",
      synopsis = "generates a list of random trees, by default one tree",
+     explanation = "Generates a random Tree of a given category. If a Tree\n"++
+                   "argument is given, the command completes the Tree with values to\n"++
+                   "the metavariables in the tree.",
      flags = ["cat","number"],
      exec = \opts _ -> do
        ts <- generateRandom pgf (optCat opts)
@@ -78,6 +105,10 @@ allCommands pgf = Map.fromAscList [
   ("gt", emptyCommandInfo {
      longname = "generate_trees",
      synopsis = "generates a list of trees, by default exhaustive",
+     explanation = "Generates all trees up to a given depth. If the depth is large,\n"++
+                   "a small -alts is recommended. If a Tree argument is given, the\n"++
+                   "command completes the Tree with values to the metavariables in\n"++
+                   "the tree.",
      flags = ["cat","depth","number"],
      exec = \opts _ -> do
        let dp = return $ valIntOpts "depth" 4 opts
@@ -87,6 +118,8 @@ allCommands pgf = Map.fromAscList [
   ("h", emptyCommandInfo {
      longname = "help",
      synopsis = "get description of a command, or a the full list of commands",
+     explanation = "Displays the paragraph concerning the command from this help file.\n"++
+                   "Without argument, shows the first lines of all paragraphs.",
      options = ["full"],
      exec = \opts ts -> return ([], case ts of
        [t] -> let co = showExp t in 
@@ -96,18 +129,51 @@ allCommands pgf = Map.fromAscList [
        _ -> commandHelpAll pgf opts)
      }),
   ("i", emptyCommandInfo {
+     longname = "import",
+     synopsis = "import a grammar from source code or compiled .pgf file",
+     explanation = "Reads a grammar from File and compiles it into a GF runtime grammar.\n"++
+                   "Files \"include\"d in File are read recursively, nubbing repetitions.\n"++
+                   "If a grammar with the same language name is already in the state,\n"++
+                   "it is overwritten - but only if compilation succeeds.\n"++
+                   "The grammar parser depends on the file name suffix:\n"++
+                   "  .gf    normal GF source\n"++
+                   "  .gfo   canonical GF\n"++
+                   "  .pgf   precompiled grammar in Portable Grammar Format",
      options = ["prob", "retain", "gfo", "src", "no-cpu", "cpu", "quiet", "verbose"]
      }),
   ("l", emptyCommandInfo {
+     longname = "linearize",
+     synopsis = "convert an abstract syntax expression to string",
+     explanation = "Shows all linearization forms of Tree by the actual grammar\n"++
+                   "(which is overridden by the -lang flag).\n"++
+                   "The pattern list has the form [P, ... ,Q] where P,...,Q follow GF\n"++
+                   "syntax for patterns. All those forms are generated that match with the\n"++
+                   "pattern list. Too short lists are filled with variables in the end.\n"++
+                   "Only the -table flag is available if a pattern list is specified.\n"++
+                   "HINT: see GF language specification for the syntax of Pattern and Term.\n"++
+                   "You can also copy and past parsing results.",
      exec = \opts -> return . fromStrings . map (optLin opts),
      options = ["all","record","table","term"],
      flags = ["lang"]
      }),
   ("p", emptyCommandInfo {
+     longname = "parse",
+     synopsis = "parse a string to abstract syntax expression",
+     explanation = "Shows all trees (expressions) returned for String by the actual\n"++
+                   "grammar (overridden by the -lang flag), in the category S (overridden\n"++
+                   "by the -cat flag).",
      exec = \opts -> return . fromTrees . concatMap (par opts). toStrings,
      flags = ["cat","lang"]
      }),
   ("pg", emptyCommandInfo {
+     longname = "print_grammar",
+     synopsis = "print the actual grammar with the given printer",
+     explanation = "Prints the actual grammar (overridden by the -lang=X flag).\n"++
+                   "The -printer=X flag sets the format in which the grammar is\n"++
+                   "written.\n"++
+                   "N.B. since grammars are compiled when imported, this command\n"++
+                   "generally does not show the grammar in the same format as the\n"++
+                   "source.",
      exec  = \opts _ -> return $ fromString $ prGrammar opts,
      flags = ["cat","lang","printer"]
      })