diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/ConsoleShell.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/ConsoleShell.php
index 9d8c54e3bfd..e9d528ca9df 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/ConsoleShell.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/ConsoleShell.php
@@ -74,67 +74,86 @@ public function startup() {
 		}
 	}
 
+	public function getOptionParser() {
+		$description = array(
+			'The interactive console is a tool for testing parts of your',
+			'app before you write code.',
+			'',
+			'See below for a list of supported commands.'
+		);
+
+		$epilog = array(
+			'<info>Model testing</info>',
+			'',
+			'To test model results, use the name of your model without a leading $',
+			'e.g. Foo->find("all")',
+			"",
+			'To dynamically set associations, you can do the following:',
+			'',
+			"\tModelA bind <association> ModelB",
+			'',
+			"where the supported associations are hasOne, hasMany, belongsTo, hasAndBelongsToMany",
+			"",
+			'To dynamically remove associations, you can do the following:',
+			'',
+			"\t ModelA unbind <association> ModelB",
+			'',
+			"where the supported associations are the same as above",
+			"",
+			"To save a new field in a model, you can do the following:",
+			'',
+			"\tModelA->save(array('foo' => 'bar', 'baz' => 0))",
+			'',
+			"where you are passing a hash of data to be saved in the format",
+			"of field => value pairs",
+			"",
+			"To get column information for a model, use the following:",
+			'',
+			"\tModelA columns",
+			'',
+			"which returns a list of columns and their type",
+			"",
+			'<info>Route testing</info>',
+			"",
+			'To test URLs against your app\'s route configuration, type:',
+			"",
+			"\tRoute <url>",
+			"",
+			"where url is the path to your your action plus any query parameters,",
+			"minus the application's base path.  For example:",
+			"",
+			"\tRoute /posts/view/1",
+			"",
+			"will return something like the following:",
+			"",
+			"\tarray(",
+			"\t  [...]",
+			"\t  'controller' => 'posts',",
+			"\t  'action' => 'view',",
+			"\t  [...]",
+			"\t)",
+			"",
+			'Alternatively, you can use simple array syntax to test reverse',
+			'To reload your routes config (Config/routes.php), do the following:',
+			"",
+			"\tRoutes reload",
+			"",
+			'To show all connected routes, do the following:',
+			'',
+			"\tRoutes show",
+		);
+		return parent::getOptionParser()
+			->description($description)
+			->epilog($epilog);
+	}
 /**
  * Prints the help message
  *
  * @return void
  */
 	public function help() {
-		$out  = 'Console help:';
-		$out .= '-------------';
-		$out .= 'The interactive console is a tool for testing parts of your app before you';
-		$out .= 'write code.';
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= 'Model testing:';
-		$out .= 'To test model results, use the name of your model without a leading $';
-		$out .= 'e.g. Foo->find("all")';
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= 'To dynamically set associations, you can do the following:';
-		$out .= "\tModelA bind <association> ModelB";
-		$out .= "where the supported associations are hasOne, hasMany, belongsTo, hasAndBelongsToMany";
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= 'To dynamically remove associations, you can do the following:';
-		$out .= "\t ModelA unbind <association> ModelB";
-		$out .= "where the supported associations are the same as above";
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= "To save a new field in a model, you can do the following:";
-		$out .= "\tModelA->save(array('foo' => 'bar', 'baz' => 0))";
-		$out .= "where you are passing a hash of data to be saved in the format";
-		$out .= "of field => value pairs";
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= "To get column information for a model, use the following:";
-		$out .= "\tModelA columns";
-		$out .= "which returns a list of columns and their type";
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= 'Route testing:';
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= 'To test URLs against your app\'s route configuration, type:';
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= "\tRoute <url>";
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= "where url is the path to your your action plus any query parameters,";
-		$out .= "minus the application's base path.  For example:";
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= "\tRoute /posts/view/1";
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= "will return something like the following:";
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= "\tarray(";
-		$out .= "\t  [...]";
-		$out .= "\t  'controller' => 'posts',";
-		$out .= "\t  'action' => 'view',";
-		$out .= "\t  [...]";
-		$out .= "\t)";
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= 'Alternatively, you can use simple array syntax to test reverse';
-		$out .= 'To reload your routes config (Config/routes.php), do the following:';
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= "\tRoutes reload";
-		$out .= "\n";
-		$out .= 'To show all connected routes, do the following:';
-		$out .= "\tRoutes show";
-		$this->out($out);
+		$optionParser = $this->getOptionParser();
+		$this->out($optionParser->epilog());
 	}
 
 /**