--- a/src/user-prefs.cc	Wed Feb 15 21:13:20 1995 +0000
+++ b/src/user-prefs.cc	Wed Feb 15 21:19:47 1995 +0000
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
   user_pref.save_precision = 0;
   user_pref.silent_functions = 0;
   user_pref.split_long_rows = 0;
+  user_pref.suppress_verbose_help_message = 0;
   user_pref.treat_neg_dim_as_zero = 0;
   user_pref.warn_assign_as_truth_value = 0;
   user_pref.warn_comma_in_global_decl = 0;
@@ -363,6 +364,19 @@
 }
 
 
+// Suppress printing of additional help message in help and usage
+// functions?
+
+int
+suppress_verbose_help_message (void)
+{
+  user_pref.suppress_verbose_help_message =
+    check_str_pref ("suppress_verbose_help_message");
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
 // Should things like:
 //
 //   octave> ones (-1, 5)

--- a/src/user-prefs.h	Wed Feb 15 21:13:20 1995 +0000
+++ b/src/user-prefs.h	Wed Feb 15 21:19:47 1995 +0000
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
   int save_precision;
   int silent_functions;
   int split_long_rows;
+  int suppress_verbose_help_message;
   int treat_neg_dim_as_zero;
   int warn_assign_as_truth_value;
   int warn_comma_in_global_decl;
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@
 extern int return_last_computed_value (void);
 extern int silent_functions (void);
 extern int split_long_rows (void);
+extern int suppress_verbose_help_message (void);
 extern int treat_neg_dim_as_zero (void);
 extern int warn_assign_as_truth_value (void);
 extern int warn_comma_in_global_decl (void);

--- a/src/variables.cc	Wed Feb 15 21:13:20 1995 +0000
+++ b/src/variables.cc	Wed Feb 15 21:19:47 1995 +0000
@@ -1634,6 +1634,12 @@
 	  split_long_rows,
     "split long matrix rows instead of wrapping");
 
+  DEFVAR ("suppress_verbose_help_message",
+	  SBV_suppress_verbose_help_message, "false", 0, 0, 1,
+	  suppress_verbose_help_message,
+    "suppress printing of message pointing to additional help in the\n\
+help and usage functions");
+
   DEFVAR ("stdin", SBV_stdin, 0.0, 0, 1, 1, 0,
     "file number of the standard input stream");