diff --git a/src/ui/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/src/ui/android/AndroidManifest.xml
index 25c85c52b..0752ab2c9 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/src/ui/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
         <activity android:name="LexicalEntryActivity"></activity>
+        <activity android:name="HelpActivity"></activity>
         <service android:name="TranslatorInputMethodService"
                 android:permission="android.permission.BIND_INPUT_METHOD">
             <intent-filter>
diff --git a/src/ui/android/assets/help_content.html b/src/ui/android/assets/help_content.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d0e37970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/android/assets/help_content.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<html>
+	<body>
+		<p>Sorry, we can't help you</p>
+	</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/src/ui/android/res/menu/main.xml b/src/ui/android/res/menu/main.xml
index 0f628e334..7f5a4c4f7 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/res/menu/main.xml
+++ b/src/ui/android/res/menu/main.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" >
 	<item android:id="@+id/input_mode"
           android:title="@string/keyboard_input"/>
+	<item android:id="@+id/help"
+          android:title="@string/help"/>
 </menu>
diff --git a/src/ui/android/res/values/strings.xml b/src/ui/android/res/values/strings.xml
index 06303d412..768ef60a4 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/src/ui/android/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	<string name="open_image">Opening</string>
 	<string name="mic_input">Speech Input</string>
 	<string name="keyboard_input">Keyboard Input</string>
+	<string name="help">Help</string>
 	<string name="global_preferences_key">org.grammaticalframework.ui.android.GLOBAL_PREFERENCES</string>
 
     <!-- Labels on soft keys -->
diff --git a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/MainActivity.java b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/MainActivity.java
index ce8d16190..11cac6c25 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/MainActivity.java
+++ b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/MainActivity.java
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 	        	editor.commit();
 
 	            return true;
+	        case R.id.help:
+	        	Intent myIntent = new Intent(MainActivity.this, HelpActivity.class);
+            	MainActivity.this.startActivity(myIntent);
+	        	return true;
 	        default:
 	            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
 	    }
diff --git a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java
index 61e2437b4..c1fd3b485 100644
--- a/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java
+++ b/src/ui/android/src/org/grammaticalframework/ui/android/Translator.java
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package org.grammaticalframework.ui.android;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
-import android.content.res.XmlResourceParser;
-import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.inputmethod.CompletionInfo;
 
@@ -13,18 +11,13 @@ import org.grammaticalframework.pgf.FullFormEntry;
 import org.grammaticalframework.pgf.MorphoAnalysis;
 import org.grammaticalframework.pgf.PGF;
 import org.grammaticalframework.pgf.ParseError;
-import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.PriorityQueue;
 
 public class Translator {
