diff --git a/src/global.c b/src/global.c
index f771f4f1..f1752a8a 100644
--- a/src/global.c
+++ b/src/global.c
@@ -1168,8 +1168,8 @@ void shortcut_init(void)
 	add_to_sclist(MMOST, "^F", 0, do_right, 0);
 #ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
 	if (using_utf8()) {
-		add_to_sclist(MMOST, "\xE2\x97\x80", KEY_LEFT, do_left, 0);
-		add_to_sclist(MMOST, "\xE2\x96\xb6", KEY_RIGHT, do_right, 0);
+		add_to_sclist(MMOST|MHELP, "\xE2\x97\x80", KEY_LEFT, do_left, 0);
+		add_to_sclist(MMOST|MHELP, "\xE2\x96\xb6", KEY_RIGHT, do_right, 0);
 		add_to_sclist(MSOME, "^\xE2\x97\x80", CONTROL_LEFT, do_prev_word_void, 0);
 		add_to_sclist(MSOME, "^\xE2\x96\xb6", CONTROL_RIGHT, do_next_word_void, 0);
 #ifdef ENABLE_MULTIBUFFER
@@ -1183,8 +1183,8 @@ void shortcut_init(void)
 	} else
 #endif
 	{
-		add_to_sclist(MMOST, "Left", KEY_LEFT, do_left, 0);
-		add_to_sclist(MMOST, "Right", KEY_RIGHT, do_right, 0);
+		add_to_sclist(MMOST|MHELP, "Left", KEY_LEFT, do_left, 0);
+		add_to_sclist(MMOST|MHELP, "Right", KEY_RIGHT, do_right, 0);
 		add_to_sclist(MSOME, "^Left", CONTROL_LEFT, do_prev_word_void, 0);
 		add_to_sclist(MSOME, "^Right", CONTROL_RIGHT, do_next_word_void, 0);
 	}
diff --git a/src/help.c b/src/help.c
index f3e2d113..60b5efa5 100644
--- a/src/help.c
+++ b/src/help.c
@@ -183,13 +183,16 @@ void do_help(void)
 		focusing = TRUE;
 
 		/* Show the cursor when we searched and found something. */
-		kbinput = get_kbinput(edit, didfind == 1);
+		kbinput = get_kbinput(edit, didfind == 1 || ISSET(SHOW_CURSOR));
 		didfind = 0;
 
 		func = parse_help_input(&kbinput);
 
 		if (func == total_refresh) {
 			total_redraw();
+		} else if (ISSET(SHOW_CURSOR) && (func == do_left || func == do_right ||
+											func == do_up || func == do_down)) {
+			func();
 		} else if (func == do_up) {
 			do_scroll_up();
 		} else if (func == do_down) {