diff --git modules/image/image.admin.inc modules/image/image.admin.inc
index 02bb745..1c884ab 100644
--- modules/image/image.admin.inc
+++ modules/image/image.admin.inc
@@ -378,6 +378,9 @@ function image_effect_form($form, &$form_state, $style, $effect) {
 
   $form['#tree'] = TRUE;
   $form['#attached']['css'][drupal_get_path('module', 'image') . '/image.admin.css'] = array('preprocess' => FALSE);
+  $form['effect_help'] = array(
+    '#markup' => isset($effect['help']) ? $effect['help'] : '',
+  );
   if (function_exists($effect['form callback'])) {
     $form['data'] = call_user_func($effect['form callback'], $effect['data']);
   }