diff --git a/src/uu/chroot/chroot.md b/src/uu/chroot/chroot.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3967d08f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uu/chroot/chroot.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<!-- spell-checker:ignore NEWROOT -->
+# chroot
+
+```
+chroot [OPTION]... NEWROOT [COMMAND [ARG]...]
+```
+
+Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT.
diff --git a/src/uu/chroot/src/chroot.rs b/src/uu/chroot/src/chroot.rs
index c80b4ab87..2d1c3703e 100644
--- a/src/uu/chroot/src/chroot.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chroot/src/chroot.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ use std::process;
 use uucore::error::{set_exit_code, UClapError, UResult, UUsageError};
 use uucore::fs::{canonicalize, MissingHandling, ResolveMode};
 use uucore::libc::{self, chroot, setgid, setgroups, setuid};
-use uucore::{entries, format_usage};
+use uucore::{entries, format_usage, help_about, help_usage};
 
-static ABOUT: &str = "Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT.";
-static USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... NEWROOT [COMMAND [ARG]...]";
+static ABOUT: &str = help_about!("chroot.md");
+static USAGE: &str = help_usage!("chroot.md");
 
 mod options {
     pub const NEWROOT: &str = "newroot";