diff --git a/src/uu/fmt/fmt.md b/src/uu/fmt/fmt.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cf4fa6e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uu/fmt/fmt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# fmt
+
+```
+fmt [OPTION]... [FILE]...
+```
+
+Reformat paragraphs from input files (or stdin) to stdout.
diff --git a/src/uu/fmt/src/fmt.rs b/src/uu/fmt/src/fmt.rs
index a97f64945..bd03b5497 100644
--- a/src/uu/fmt/src/fmt.rs
+++ b/src/uu/fmt/src/fmt.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use std::io::{stdin, stdout, Write};
 use std::io::{BufReader, BufWriter, Read};
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError};
-use uucore::{format_usage, show_warning};
+use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_usage, show_warning};
 
 use self::linebreak::break_lines;
 use self::parasplit::ParagraphStream;
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ use self::parasplit::ParagraphStream;
 mod linebreak;
 mod parasplit;
 
-static ABOUT: &str = "Reformat paragraphs from input files (or stdin) to stdout.";
-const USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... [FILE]...";
+static ABOUT: &str = help_about!("fmt.md");
+const USAGE: &str = help_usage!("fmt.md");
 static MAX_WIDTH: usize = 2500;
 
 static OPT_CROWN_MARGIN: &str = "crown-margin";