diff --git a/src/uu/sync/src/sync.rs b/src/uu/sync/src/sync.rs
index 120e31dfe..e12703bca 100644
--- a/src/uu/sync/src/sync.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sync/src/sync.rs
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ use uucore::display::Quotable;
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
 use uucore::error::FromIo;
 use uucore::error::{UResult, USimpleError};
-use uucore::format_usage;
+use uucore::{format_usage, help_about, help_usage};
+
+const ABOUT: &str = help_about!("sync.md");
+const USAGE: &str = help_usage!("sync.md");
 
-static ABOUT: &str = "Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage";
-const USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION]... FILE...";
 pub mod options {
     pub static FILE_SYSTEM: &str = "file-system";
     pub static DATA: &str = "data";
diff --git a/src/uu/sync/sync.md b/src/uu/sync/sync.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2fdd36339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uu/sync/sync.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# sync
+
+```
+sync [OPTION]... FILE...
+```
+
+Synchronize cached writes to persistent storage