1--- 2section: cli-commands 3title: npm-help 4description: Get help on npm 5--- 6 7# npm-help(1) 8 9## Get help on npm 10 11### Synopsis 12 13```bash 14npm help <term> [<terms..>] 15``` 16 17### Description 18 19If supplied a topic, then show the appropriate documentation page. 20 21If the topic does not exist, or if multiple terms are provided, then run 22the `help-search` command to find a match. Note that, if `help-search` 23finds a single subject, then it will run `help` on that topic, so unique 24matches are equivalent to specifying a topic name. 25 26### Configuration 27 28#### viewer 29 30* Default: "man" on Posix, "browser" on Windows 31* Type: path 32 33The program to use to view help content. 34 35Set to `"browser"` to view html help content in the default web browser. 36 37### See Also 38 39* [npm](/cli-commands/npm) 40* [npm folders](/configuring-npm/folders) 41* [npm config](/cli-commands/npm-config) 42* [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc) 43* [package.json](/configuring-npm/package-json) 44* [npm help-search](/cli-commands/npm-help-search) 45