diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Console/CommandConsole.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Console/CommandConsole.cs
index d6d508ff38..75887b8823 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Console/CommandConsole.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Console/CommandConsole.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Console
             = "To enter an argument that contains spaces, surround the argument with double quotes.\nFor example, show object name \"My long object name\"\n";
 
         public const string ItemHelpText
-                = "For more information, type 'help <item>' where <item> is one of the following:";
+= @"For more information, type 'help all' to get a list of all commands, 
+  or type help <item>' where <item> is one of the following:";
 
         /// <value>
         /// Commands organized by keyword in a tree
@@ -117,6 +118,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Console
                 help.Add(ItemHelpText);
                 help.AddRange(CollectModulesHelp(tree));
             }
+            else if (helpParts.Count == 1 && helpParts[0] == "all")
+            {
+                help.AddRange(CollectAllCommandsHelp());
+            }
             else
             {
                 help.AddRange(CollectHelp(helpParts));
@@ -124,6 +129,28 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Console
 
             return help;
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Collects the help from all commands and return in alphabetical order.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        private List<string> CollectAllCommandsHelp()
+        {
+            List<string> help = new List<string>();
+
+            lock (m_modulesCommands)
+            {
+                foreach (List<CommandInfo> commands in m_modulesCommands.Values)
+                {
+                    var ourHelpText = commands.ConvertAll(c => string.Format("{0} - {1}", c.help_text, c.long_help));
+                    help.AddRange(ourHelpText);
+                }
+            }
+
+            help.Sort();
+
+            return help;
+        }
         
         /// <summary>
         /// See if we can find the requested command in order to display longer help