diff --git a/doc_src/lynx.lss b/doc_src/lynx.lss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcf83f26f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc_src/lynx.lss
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+# Lynx Style Sheet
+# Used as a custom style sheet (LSS) for the Lynx browser to work around some
+# poor defaults. Usage: `lynx -lss=style.lss`
+#
+# The next line (beginning with "em") means: use bold if mono, otherwise
+# brightblue on <defaultbackground> (implicit)
+em:bold:brightblue
+strong:bold:brightred
+b:bold:red
+i:bold:brightblue
+a:bold:green
+img:dim:brown
+fig:normal:gray
+caption:reverse:brown
+hr:normal:yellow
+blockquote:normal:brightblue
+ul:normal:brown
+address:normal:magenta
+title:normal:magenta
+tt:dim:brightmagenta:default
+h1:bold:yellow
+h2:normal:brown
+h3:normal:green
+h4:normal:cyan
+label:normal:magenta
+q:normal:yellow
+small:dim:default
+big:bold:yellow
+sup:bold:yellow
+sub:dim:gray
+lh:bold:yellow
+li:normal:magenta
+code:normal:cyan
+cite:normal:cyan
+
+table:normal:brightcyan
+tr:bold:brown
+td:normal:default
+br:normal:default
+
+# Special styles - not corresponding directly to HTML tags
+#	alert	- status bar, when message begins "Alert".
+#	alink	- active link
+#	normal	- default attributes
+#	status	- status bar
+#	whereis	- whereis search target
+#
+#normal:normal:default:blue
+alink:reverse:yellow
+status:reverse:yellow
+alert:bold:yellow:red
+whereis:reverse+underline:magenta
+# currently not used
+#value:normal:green
+#high:bold:brightmagenta
+forwbackw.arrow:reverse
+
+# Styles with classes - <ul class=red> etc.
+ul.red:underline:brightred
+ul.blue:bold:brightblue
+li.red:reverse:red
+li.blue:bold:blue
+strong.a:bold:black
+/* em.a:reverse:black */
+em.a:bold:bold
+strong.b:bold:white
+em.b:reverse:white
+strong.debug:reverse:green
+font.letter:normal:default
+input.submit:normal:cyan
+tr.baone:bold:yellow
+tr.batwo:bold:green
+tr.bathree:bold:red
+#
+# Special handling for link.
+link:normal:white
+link.green:bold:brightgreen
+link.red:bold:black
+link.blue:bold:white
+link.toc:bold:black:white
+# Special cases for link - the rel or title is appended after the class.
+# <link rel=next class=red href="1">
+link.red.next:bold:red
+link.red.prev:bold:yellow
+link.blue.prev:bold:yellow
+link.blue.next:bold:blue
+link.green.toc:bold:white
+#
+# Define styles that will be used when syntax highlighting is requested
+# (commandline option -prettysrc).
+span.htmlsrc_comment:normal:white
+span.htmlsrc_tag:normal:white
+#If you don't like that the tag name and attribute name are displayed
+#in different colors, comment the following line.
+span.htmlsrc_attrib:normal:cyan
+span.htmlsrc_attrval:normal:magenta
+span.htmlsrc_abracket:normal:white
+span.htmlsrc_entity:normal:white
+##span.htmlsrc_href:
+##span.htmlsrc_entire:
+span.htmlsrc_badseq:normal:red
+span.htmlsrc_badtag:normal:red
+span.htmlsrc_badattr:normal:red
+span.htmlsrc_sgmlspecial:normal:yellow
diff --git a/share/functions/help.fish b/share/functions/help.fish
index 6a63f33a7..db92e1eb9 100644
--- a/share/functions/help.fish
+++ b/share/functions/help.fish
@@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ function help --description 'Show help for the fish shell'
         end
         eval "$fish_browser $page_url &"
     else
+        # Work around lynx bug where <div class="contents"> always has the same formatting as links (unreadable)
+        # by using a custom style sheet. See https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/4170
+        set -l local_file 0
+        if eval $fish_browser --version 2>/dev/null | string match -qr Lynx
+            set fish_browser $fish_browser -lss={$__fish_help_dir}/fish.lss
+        end
         eval $fish_browser $page_url
     end
 end