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title: npm-help
section: 1
description: Get help on npm
---
### Synopsis
```bash
npm help <term> [<terms..>]
alias: hlep
```
Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
### Description
If supplied a topic, then show the appropriate documentation page.
If the topic does not exist, or if multiple terms are provided, then npm will run the `help-search` command to find a match.
Note that, if `help-search` finds a single subject, then it will run `help` on that topic, so unique matches are equivalent to specifying a topic name.
### Configuration
#### `viewer`
* Default: "man" on Posix, "browser" on Windows
* Type: String
The program to use to view help content.
Set to `"browser"` to view html help content in the default web browser.
### See Also
* [npm](/commands/npm)
* [npm folders](/configuring-npm/folders)
* [npm config](/commands/npm-config)
* [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc)
* [package.json](/configuring-npm/package-json)
* [npm help-search](/commands/npm-help-search)
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