1---
2title: npm-help
3section: 1
4description: Get help on npm
5---
6
7### Synopsis
8
9```bash
10npm help <term> [<terms..>]
11
12alias: hlep
13```
14
15Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
16
17### Description
18
19If supplied a topic, then show the appropriate documentation page.
20
21If the topic does not exist, or if multiple terms are provided, then npm
22will run the `help-search` command to find a match.  Note that, if
23`help-search` finds a single subject, then it will run `help` on that
24topic, so unique matches are equivalent to specifying a topic name.
25
26### Configuration
27
28#### `viewer`
29
30* Default: "man" on Posix, "browser" on Windows
31* Type: String
32
33The program to use to view help content.
34
35Set to `"browser"` to view html help content in the default web browser.
36
37
38
39### See Also
40
41* [npm](/commands/npm)
42* [npm folders](/configuring-npm/folders)
43* [npm config](/commands/npm-config)
44* [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc)
45* [package.json](/configuring-npm/package-json)
46* [npm help-search](/commands/npm-help-search)
47