diff --git a/src/uu/truncate/src/truncate.rs b/src/uu/truncate/src/truncate.rs
index 090865313..f050b52b4 100644
--- a/src/uu/truncate/src/truncate.rs
+++ b/src/uu/truncate/src/truncate.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ use std::os::unix::fs::FileTypeExt;
 use std::path::Path;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 use uucore::error::{FromIo, UResult, USimpleError, UUsageError};
-use uucore::format_usage;
 use uucore::parse_size::{parse_size, ParseSizeError};
+use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_section, help_usage};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 enum TruncateMode {
@@ -73,25 +73,9 @@ impl TruncateMode {
     }
 }
 
-const ABOUT: &str = "Shrink or extend the size of each file to the specified size.";
-const USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... [FILE]...";
-const LONG_USAGE: &str = "\
-SIZE is an integer with an optional prefix and optional unit.
-The available units (K, M, G, T, P, E, Z, and Y) use the following format:
-    'KB' =>           1000 (kilobytes)
-    'K'  =>           1024 (kibibytes)
-    'MB' =>      1000*1000 (megabytes)
-    'M'  =>      1024*1024 (mebibytes)
-    'GB' => 1000*1000*1000 (gigabytes)
-    'G'  => 1024*1024*1024 (gibibytes)
-SIZE may also be prefixed by one of the following to adjust the size of each
-file based on its current size:
-    '+'  => extend by
-    '-'  => reduce by
-    '<'  => at most
-    '>'  => at least
-    '/'  => round down to multiple of
-    '%'  => round up to multiple of";
+const ABOUT: &str = help_about!("truncate.md");
+const AFTER_HELP: &str = help_section!("after help", "truncate.md");
+const USAGE: &str = help_usage!("truncate.md");
 
 pub mod options {
     pub static IO_BLOCKS: &str = "io-blocks";
@@ -104,7 +88,7 @@ pub mod options {
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let matches = uu_app()
-        .after_help(LONG_USAGE)
+        .after_help(AFTER_HELP)
         .try_get_matches_from(args)
         .map_err(|e| {
             e.print().expect("Error writing clap::Error");
diff --git a/src/uu/truncate/truncate.md b/src/uu/truncate/truncate.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..841c4b16c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uu/truncate/truncate.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# truncate
+
+truncate [OPTION]... [FILE]...
+```
+
+Shrink or extend the size of each file to the specified size.
+
+## After help
+
+SIZE is an integer with an optional prefix and optional unit.
+The available units (K, M, G, T, P, E, Z, and Y) use the following format:
+    'KB' =>           1000 (kilobytes)
+    'K'  =>           1024 (kibibytes)
+    'MB' =>      1000*1000 (megabytes)
+    'M'  =>      1024*1024 (mebibytes)
+    'GB' => 1000*1000*1000 (gigabytes)
+    'G'  => 1024*1024*1024 (gibibytes)
+SIZE may also be prefixed by one of the following to adjust the size of each
+file based on its current size:
+    '+'  => extend by
+    '-'  => reduce by
+    '<'  => at most
+    '>'  => at least
+    '/'  => round down to multiple of
+    '%'  => round up to multiple of
\ No newline at end of file