diff --git a/core/modules/hal/hal.module b/core/modules/hal/hal.module
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 72e9b86..71bd2fa
--- a/core/modules/hal/hal.module
+++ b/core/modules/hal/hal.module
@@ -2,5 +2,18 @@
 
 /**
  * @file
- * Drupal-required module file for HAL module.
+ * Adds support for serializing entities to Hypertext Application Language.
  */
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_help().
+ */
+function hal_help($path, $arg) {
+  switch ($path) {
+    case 'admin/help#hal':
+      $output = '';
+      $output .= '<h3>' . t('About') . '</h3>';
+      $output .= '<p>' . t('<p>Hypermedia APIs are a style of Web API which use URIs to identify resources and the <a href="@link_rel">links</a> between them, enabling API consumers to follow links to discover API functionality. <a href="@hal">Hypertext Application Language (HAL)</a> is a format which supports the linking required for hypermedia APIs. This module adds support for serializing entities to the JSON version of HAL.', array('@link_rel' => 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_relation', '@hal' => 'http://stateless.co/hal_specification.html')) . '</p>';
+      return $output;
+  }
+}