diff --git a/core/main.py b/core/main.py
index 7af9934..eed71c8 100644
--- a/core/main.py
+++ b/core/main.py
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ class Input(object):
     def reply(self, msg):
         self.say(self.nick + ': ' + msg)
 
+    def pm(self, msg):
+        self.conn.msg(self.nick, msg)
+
 
 def run(func, input):
     ac = func.func_code.co_argcount
diff --git a/plugins/babel.py b/plugins/babel.py
index 86a0bb2..23e4be4 100644
--- a/plugins/babel.py
+++ b/plugins/babel.py
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ def babel_gen(inp):
 
 @hook.command
 def babel(inp):
+    ".babel <sentence> -- translates <sentence> through multiple languages"
+
+    if not inp:
+        return babel.__doc__
+
     try:
         return list(babel_gen(inp))[-1][2]
     except IOError, e:
@@ -65,6 +70,11 @@ def babel(inp):
 
 @hook.command
 def babelext(inp):
+    ".babelext <sentence> -- like .babel, but with more detailed output"
+
+    if not inp:
+        return babelext.__doc__
+
     try:
         babels = list(babel_gen(inp))
     except IOError, e:
diff --git a/plugins/bf.py b/plugins/bf.py
index ce9fac7..610fc19 100644
--- a/plugins/bf.py
+++ b/plugins/bf.py
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ MAX_STEPS = 1000000
 
 @hook.command
 def bf(inp):
-    """Runs a Brainfuck program."""
+    ".bf <prog> -- executes brainfuck program <prog>"""
+
+    if not inp:
+        return bf.__doc__
 
     program = re.sub('[^][<>+-.,]', '', inp)
 
diff --git a/plugins/bible.py b/plugins/bible.py
index 11fe18a..bc41a30 100644
--- a/plugins/bible.py
+++ b/plugins/bible.py
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ from util import hook
 @hook.command('god')
 @hook.command
 def bible(inp):
+    ".bible <passage> -- gets <passage> from the Bible (ESV)"
+
+    if not inp:
+        return bible.__doc__
+
     base_url = 'http://www.esvapi.org/v2/rest/passageQuery?key=IP&' \
         'output-format=plain-text&include-heading-horizontal-lines&' \
         'include-headings=false&include-passage-horizontal-lines=false&' \
diff --git a/plugins/dice.py b/plugins/dice.py
index fcb5522..13bb040 100644
--- a/plugins/dice.py
+++ b/plugins/dice.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def nrolls(count, n):
 
 @hook.command
 def dice(inp):
-    ".dice <diceroll> - simulates dicerolls, e.g. .dice 2d20-d5+4 roll 2 " \
+    ".dice <diceroll> -- simulates dicerolls, e.g. .dice 2d20-d5+4 roll 2 " \
         "D20s, subtract 1D5, add 4"
     if not inp.strip():
         return dice.__doc__
diff --git a/plugins/explain.py b/plugins/explain.py
index 75537ae..082fdbe 100755
--- a/plugins/explain.py
+++ b/plugins/explain.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ from pycparser.cdecl import explain_c_declaration
 
 @hook.command('explain')
 def explain(inp):
-    ".explain <c expression> -- gives an explanation of x expression"
+    ".explain <c expression> -- gives an explanation of C expression"
     if not inp:
-        return ""
+        return explain.__doc__
 
     try:    
         result = explain_c_declaration(inp.rstrip())
diff --git a/plugins/hash.py b/plugins/hash.py
index 5df4e47..99a2b84 100644
--- a/plugins/hash.py
+++ b/plugins/hash.py
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ def sha1(inp):
 
 @hook.command
 def hash(inp):
+    ".hash <text> -- returns hashes of <text>"
     return ', '.join(x + ": " + getattr(hashlib, x)(inp).hexdigest()
             for x in 'md5 sha1 sha256'.split())
diff --git a/plugins/profile.py b/plugins/profile.py
index b3b2c5c..a6faee2 100644
--- a/plugins/profile.py
+++ b/plugins/profile.py
@@ -5,5 +5,9 @@ from util import hook
 
 @hook.command
 def profile(inp):
+    ".profile <username> -- links to <username>'s profile on SA"
+    if not inp:
+        return profile.__doc__
+
     return 'http://forums.somethingawful.com/member.php?action=getinfo' + \
             '&username=' + '+'.join(inp.split())
diff --git a/plugins/pyexec.py b/plugins/pyexec.py
index d0b5542..f6e3e78 100644
--- a/plugins/pyexec.py
+++ b/plugins/pyexec.py
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ re_lineends = re.compile(r'[\r\n]*')
 
 @hook.command
 def py(inp):
+    ".py <prog> -- executes python code <prog>"
+
+    if not inp:
+        return py.__doc__
+
     res = urllib.urlopen("http://eval.appspot.com/eval?statement=%s" %
                           urllib.quote(inp.strip(), safe='')).readlines()
     if len(res) == 0:
diff --git a/plugins/seen.py b/plugins/seen.py
index bc0a539..1bbcc60 100644
--- a/plugins/seen.py
+++ b/plugins/seen.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def seeninput(bot, input):
 
 @hook.command
 def seen(bot, input):
-    ".seen <nick> - Tell when a nickname was last in active in irc"
+    ".seen <nick> -- Tell when a nickname was last in active in irc"
 
     if len(input.msg) < 6:
         return seen.__doc__
diff --git a/plugins/tell.py b/plugins/tell.py
index 0d54bbc..ee5327f 100644
--- a/plugins/tell.py
+++ b/plugins/tell.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def tellinput(bot, input):
 
 @hook.command
 def showtells(bot, input):
-    ".showtells - View all pending tell messages (sent in PM)."
+    ".showtells -- view all pending tell messages (sent in PM)."
     
     dbpath = os.path.join(bot.persist_dir, dbname)
     conn = dbconnect(dbpath)
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ def showtells(bot, input):
         
         conn.commit()
     else:
-        input.msg(input.nick, "You have no pending tells.")
+        input.pm("You have no pending tells.")
     
     conn.close()
 
 
 @hook.command
 def tell(bot, input):
-    ".tell <nick> <message> - Relay <message> to <nick> the next time he talks"
+    ".tell <nick> <message> -- relay <message> to <nick> when <nick> is around"
 
     if len(input.msg) < 6:
         return tell.__doc__
diff --git a/plugins/twitter.py b/plugins/twitter.py
index 0a6ad31..ddc4a2f 100644
--- a/plugins/twitter.py
+++ b/plugins/twitter.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ def unescape_xml(string):
 
 @hook.command
 def twitter(inp):
-    ".twitter <user>/<user> <n>/<id> - gets last/<n>th tweet from <user>/gets tweet <id>"
+    ".twitter <user>/<user> <n>/<id>/#<hashtag> -- gets last/<n>th tweet from"\
+    "<user>/gets tweet <id>/gets random tweet with #<hashtag>"
     inp = inp.strip()
     if not inp:
         return twitter.__doc__