static void show_help(struct menu *menu)
 {
        struct gstr help = str_new();
-
-       if (menu && menu->sym && menu_has_help(menu)) {
-               if (menu->sym->name) {
-                       str_printf(&help, "%s%s:\n\n", CONFIG_, menu->sym->name);
-                       str_append(&help, _(menu_get_help(menu)));
-                       str_append(&help, "\n");
-                       get_symbol_str(&help, menu->sym);
-               } else {
-                       str_append(&help, _(menu_get_help(menu)));
-               }
-       } else {
-               str_append(&help, nohelp_text);
-       }
+       menu_get_ext_help(menu, &help);
        show_scroll_win(main_window, _(menu_get_prompt(menu)), str_get(&help));
        str_free(&help);
 }