diff --git a/features.module b/features.module
index 6d731ec..a89f7b8 100644
--- a/features.module
+++ b/features.module
@@ -328,8 +328,29 @@ function features_permission() {
 function features_help($path, $arg) {
   switch ($path) {
     case 'admin/help#features':
-      $output = file_get_contents(drupal_get_path('module', 'features') . '/README.txt');
-      return module_exists('markdown') ? filter_xss_admin(module_invoke('markdown', 'filter', 'process', 0, -1, $output)) : '<pre>' . check_plain($output) . '</pre>';
+      $readme = drupal_get_path('module', 'features') . '/README.txt';
+      if (is_readable($readme)) {
+        $output = file_get_contents($readme);
+        return module_exists('markdown') ? filter_xss_admin(module_invoke('markdown', 'filter', 'process', 0, -1, $output)) : '<pre>' . check_plain($output) . '</pre>';
+      }
+      else {
+        $output = '<h3>' . t('About') . '</h3>';
+        $output .= '<p>' . t('The features module enables the capture and management of features in Drupal. A feature is a collection of Drupal entities which taken together satisfy a certain use-case.') . '</p>';
+        $output .= '<p>' . t('Features provides a UI and API for taking different site building components from modules with exportables and bundling them together in a single feature module. A feature module is like any other Drupal module except that it declares its components (e.g. views, contexts, CCK fields, etc.) in its .info file so that it can be checked, updated, or reverted programmatically.') . '</p>';
+        $output .= '<p>' . t('Examples of features might be:') . '</p>';
+        $output .= '<ul>';
+        $output .= '<li>' . t('A blog') . '</li>';
+        $output .= '<li>' . t('A pressroom') . '</li>';
+        $output .= '<li>' . t('A image gallery') . '</li>';
+        $output .= '<li>' . t('A e-commerce t-shirt store') . '</li>';
+        $output .= '</ul>';
+        $output .= '<h3>' . t('Useful links') . '</h3>';
+        $output .= '<ul>';
+        $output .= '<li>' . t('<a href="@url">Features project on Drupal.org</a>', array('@url' => 'https://www.drupal.org/project/features')) . '</li>';
+        $output .= '<li>' . t('<a href="@url">Getting started guide</a>', array('@url' => 'https://www.drupal.org/node/580026')) . '</li>';
+        $output .= '</ul>';
+        return $output;
+      }
     case 'admin/build/features':
       return '<p>' . t('A "Feature" is a certain type of Drupal module which contains a package of configuration that, when enabled, provides a new set of functionality for your Drupal site. Enable features by selecting the checkboxes below and clicking the Save configuration button. If the configuration of the feature has been changed its "State" will be either "overridden" or "needs review", otherwise it will be "default", indicating that the configuration has not been changed. Click on the state to see more details about the feature and its components.') . '</p>';
   }