diff --git a/core/modules/link/link.module b/core/modules/link/link.module
index a0d3aaa..87cefb0 100644
--- a/core/modules/link/link.module
+++ b/core/modules/link/link.module
@@ -15,7 +15,18 @@ function link_help($path, $arg) {
     case 'admin/help#link':
       $output = '';
       $output .= '<h3>' . t('About') . '</h3>';
-      $output .= '<p>' . t('The Link module defines a simple link field type for the Field module. Links are external URLs, can have an optional link text for each link, and they can be formatted when displayed. See the <a href="@field-help">Field module help page</a> for more information about fields.', array('@field-help' => url('admin/help/field'))) . '</p>';
+      $output .= '<p>' . t('The Link module defines a simple link field type for the Field module. Links are external URLs, can have an optional link text for each link, and they can be formatted when displayed. For more information see the <a href="@field-help">Field module help page</a>, and the online handbook entry for <a href="@link">Link module</a>.', array('@field-help' => url('admin/help/field'), '@link' => 'http://drupal.org/documentation/modules/link/')) . '</p>';
+      $output .= '<h3>' . t('Uses') . '</h3>';
+      $output .= '<dl>';
+      $output .= '<dt>' . t('Allowing link texts') . '</dt>';
+      $output .= '<dd>' . t('To allow users to add a link text to a URL, visit the <a href="@content-types">Content types</a> page and click the <em>Manage fields</em> link for the content type. Click the <em>Edit</em> link for your Link field, and then select <em>Optional</em> or <em>Required</em>.', array('@content-types' => url('admin/structure/types'))) . '</dd>';
+      $output .= '<dt>' . t('Displaying link texts and/or URLs') . '</dt>';
+ $output .= '<dd>' . t('To display the link texts only instead URLs visit the <a href="@content-types">Content types</a> page and click the <em>Display fields</em> link for the content type. Choose the link format from the pulldown menu. To trim the link text, click on the cog and change the number of characters. In order to display only the URL even when a link text has been submitted, click on the cog icon and then check the checkbox <em>URL only</em>.', array('@content-types' => url('admin/structure/types'))) . '</dd>';
+      $output .= '<dt>' . t('Adding "nofollow" to links') . '</dt>';
+      $output .= '<dd>' . t('To prevent search engines from following the links, visit the <a href="@content-types">Content types</a> page and click the <em>Display fields</em> link for the content type. Click on the cog icon, and check the checkbox <em>nofollow</em>.', array('@content-types' => url('admin/structure/types'))) . '</dd>';
+      $output .= '<dt>' . t('Displaying placeholders') . '</dt>';
+      $output .= '<dd>' . t('Placeholders are texts that will be shown in the URL and/or the link text field before a value is entered. To set them, visit the <a href="@content-types">Content types</a> page and click the <em>Manage fields</em> link for the content type. Click the <em>Edit</em> link for your Link field, and enter your text in the placeholder fields.', array('@content-types' => url('admin/structure/types'))) . '</dd>';
+      $output .= '</dl>';
       return $output;
   }
 }