diff --git a/src/uu/base32/base32.md b/src/uu/base32/base32.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..442f300bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uu/base32/base32.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# base32
+
+## Usage
+
+{} [OPTION]... [FILE]
+
+## About
+
+encode/decode data and print to standard output
+With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
+
+The data are encoded as described for the base32 alphabet in RFC
+4648. When decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition
+to the bytes of the formal base32 alphabet. Use --ignore-garbage
+to attempt to recover from any other non-alphabet bytes in the
+encoded stream.
diff --git a/src/uu/base32/src/base32.rs b/src/uu/base32/src/base32.rs
index ce246af08..281a9084d 100644
--- a/src/uu/base32/src/base32.rs
+++ b/src/uu/base32/src/base32.rs
@@ -8,22 +8,12 @@
 use std::io::{stdin, Read};
 
 use clap::Command;
-use uucore::{encoding::Format, error::UResult};
+use uucore::{encoding::Format, error::UResult, help_section};
 
 pub mod base_common;
 
-static ABOUT: &str = "\
-encode/decode data and print to standard output
-With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
-
-The data are encoded as described for the base32 alphabet in RFC
-4648. When decoding, the input may contain newlines in addition
-to the bytes of the formal base32 alphabet. Use --ignore-garbage
-to attempt to recover from any other non-alphabet bytes in the
-encoded stream.
-";
-
-const USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... [FILE]";
+const ABOUT: &str = help_section!("about");
+const USAGE: &str = help_section!("usage");
 
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {