diff --git a/README b/README
index 4de22d0b..32ec24f5 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -16,9 +16,16 @@ Features
    - get   fetch data from ebus participant
    - set   adjust data of ebus participant
    - cyc   fetch data from collected cycle messages
-   - log   change loglevel
    - dump  toggle dump on/off
+   - log   change loglevel
    - quit  close connection
+   - help  print help page
+
+
+Dependency
+----------
+ * libebus (https://github.com/yuhu-/libebus)
+ * glibc
 
 
 Build
diff --git a/src/baseloop.cpp b/src/baseloop.cpp
index 2b3e1323..c03cbc01 100644
--- a/src/baseloop.cpp
+++ b/src/baseloop.cpp
@@ -213,6 +213,16 @@ std::string BaseLoop::decodeMessage(const std::string& data)
 		result << "done";
 		break;
 
+	case help:
+		result << " get  - fetch ebus data      [get class cmd (sub)]" << std::endl
+		       << " set  - set ebus values      [set class cmd value]" << std::endl
+		       << " cyc  - fetch cycle data     [cyc class cmd (sub)]" << std::endl
+		       << " dump - change dump state    [dump on|off]" << std::endl
+		       << " log  - change log level     [log error|event|trace|debug]" << std::endl
+		       << " quit - close connection" << std::endl
+		       << " help - print this page";
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/src/baseloop.h b/src/baseloop.h
index f2cf3d0c..1ecb7951 100644
--- a/src/baseloop.h
+++ b/src/baseloop.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ private:
 			     cyc,  // fetch cycle data
 			     dump, // change dump state
 			     log,  // change log level
+			     help, // print commands
 
 			     notfound
 			   };
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ private:
 		if (strcasecmp(item.c_str(), "cyc") == 0) return cyc;
 		if (strcasecmp(item.c_str(), "dump") == 0) return dump;
 		if (strcasecmp(item.c_str(), "log") == 0) return log;
+		if (strcasecmp(item.c_str(), "help") == 0) return help;
 
 		return notfound;
 	}