diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/search-menu-controls.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/search-menu-controls.js.es6
index 61e0626f8d..141fd4ee32 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/search-menu-controls.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/search-menu-controls.js.es6
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ createWidget('search-context', {
                   ]));
     }
 
-    result.push(this.attach('link', { action: 'showSearchHelp',
+    result.push(this.attach('link', { href: '/search',
                                       label: 'show_help',
                                       className: 'show-help' }));
     result.push(h('div.clearfix'));