diff --git a/src/uu/tac/src/tac.rs b/src/uu/tac/src/tac.rs
index b0d79e6da..aef9932a2 100644
--- a/src/uu/tac/src/tac.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tac/src/tac.rs
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ use std::{
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::UError;
 use uucore::error::UResult;
-use uucore::{format_usage, show};
+use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_usage, show};
 
 use crate::error::TacError;
 
-static USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... [FILE]...";
-static ABOUT: &str = "Write each file to standard output, last line first.";
+static USAGE: &str = help_usage!("tac.md");
+static ABOUT: &str = help_about!("tac.md");
 
 mod options {
     pub static BEFORE: &str = "before";
diff --git a/src/uu/tac/tac.md b/src/uu/tac/tac.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6787b3f49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uu/tac/tac.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# tac
+
+```
+tac [OPTION]... [FILE]...
+```
+
+Write each file to standard output, last line first.