diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2cc62b556684e0515b6c19dcfcaad9ab273cd295..de9bcf3256d5c722e921afad3c7526368b87163c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ default : all
 # For help, type 'make help'
 .PHONY: help
 help:
-	@cat MAKEHELP
+	@cat MAKEHELP.md
 
 ifneq "$(filter maintainer-clean distclean clean help,$(MAKECMDGOALS))" ""
 -include mk/config.mk
diff --git a/mk/sub-makefile.mk b/mk/sub-makefile.mk
index fdaf830eef0b14945bf467d8de1d9052a4c79ed2..0ed85c8d56e0d558f85a7ca1f14a32a944be4d7c 100644
--- a/mk/sub-makefile.mk
+++ b/mk/sub-makefile.mk
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ help : sub-help
 sub-help :
 	@echo "You are in subdirectory \"$(dir)\"."
 	@echo "Useful targets in this directory:"
-	@cat $(TOP)/SUBMAKEHELP
+	@sed '1,/Using `make` in subdirectories/d' $(TOP)/MAKEHELP.md