diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/help_menu/help_menu.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/help_menu/help_menu.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..56b2bd253381c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/help_menu/help_menu.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import React, { Fragment, PureComponent } from 'react';
+import { EuiButton, EuiHorizontalRule, EuiSpacer } from '@elastic/eui';
+import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n/react';
+import { ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL, DOC_LINK_VERSION } from 'ui/documentation_links';
+
+export class HelpMenu extends PureComponent {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <Fragment>
+        <EuiHorizontalRule margin="none" />
+        <EuiSpacer />
+        <EuiButton
+          fill
+          iconType="popout"
+          href={`${ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL}guide/en/kibana/${DOC_LINK_VERSION}/dashboard.html`}
+          target="_blank"
+        >
+          <FormattedMessage id="kbn.dashboard.helpMenu.docLabel" defaultMessage="Dashboard documentation" />
+        </EuiButton>
+      </Fragment>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/help_menu/help_menu_util.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/help_menu/help_menu_util.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aeabff2d97007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/help_menu/help_menu_util.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { render, unmountComponentAtNode } from 'react-dom';
+import { HelpMenu } from './help_menu';
+
+export function addHelpMenuToAppChrome(chrome) {
+  chrome.helpExtension.set(domElement => {
+    render(<HelpMenu/>, domElement);
+    return () => {
+      unmountComponentAtNode(domElement);
+    };
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/index.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/index.js
index 31e7f58649d38..712e05c92e5e8 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/index.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/dashboard/index.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import { SavedObjectRegistryProvider } from 'ui/saved_objects/saved_object_regis
 import { DashboardListing, EMPTY_FILTER } from './listing/dashboard_listing';
 import { uiModules } from 'ui/modules';
 import 'ui/capabilities/route_setup';
+import { addHelpMenuToAppChrome } from './help_menu/help_menu_util';
 
 import { npStart } from 'ui/new_platform';
 
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ function createNewDashboardCtrl($scope) {
   $scope.visitVisualizeAppLinkText = i18n.translate('kbn.dashboard.visitVisualizeAppLinkText', {
     defaultMessage: 'visit the Visualize app',
   });
+  addHelpMenuToAppChrome(chrome);
 }
 
 uiRoutes
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ uiRoutes
           defaultMessage: 'Dashboards',
         }),
       }]);
+      addHelpMenuToAppChrome(chrome);
     },
     resolve: {
       dash: function ($route, Private, redirectWhenMissing, kbnUrl) {
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/editor.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/editor.js
index 6f402ad59e38d..2ad7b420e316a 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/editor.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/editor/editor.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import { showSaveModal } from 'ui/saved_objects/show_saved_object_save_modal';
 import { SavedObjectSaveModal } from 'ui/saved_objects/components/saved_object_save_modal';
 import { getEditBreadcrumbs, getCreateBreadcrumbs } from '../breadcrumbs';
 import { npStart } from 'ui/new_platform';
+import { addHelpMenuToAppChrome } from '../help_menu/help_menu_util';
 
 import { extractTimeFilter, changeTimeFilter } from '../../../../data/public';
 import { start as data } from '../../../../data/public/legacy';
@@ -658,5 +659,7 @@ function VisEditor(
     vis.type.feedbackMessage;
   };
 
+  addHelpMenuToAppChrome(chrome);
+
   init();
 }
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/help_menu/help_menu.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/help_menu/help_menu.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d95f7ea85c5db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/help_menu/help_menu.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import React, { Fragment, PureComponent } from 'react';
+import { EuiButton, EuiHorizontalRule, EuiSpacer } from '@elastic/eui';
+import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n/react';
+import { ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL, DOC_LINK_VERSION } from 'ui/documentation_links';
+
+export class HelpMenu extends PureComponent {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <Fragment>
+        <EuiHorizontalRule margin="none" />
+        <EuiSpacer />
+        <EuiButton
+          fill
+          iconType="popout"
+          href={`${ELASTIC_WEBSITE_URL}guide/en/kibana/${DOC_LINK_VERSION}/visualize.html`}
+          target="_blank"
+        >
+          <FormattedMessage id="kbn.visualize.helpMenu.docLabel" defaultMessage="Visualize documentation" />
+        </EuiButton>
+      </Fragment>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/help_menu/help_menu_util.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/help_menu/help_menu_util.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aeabff2d97007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/help_menu/help_menu_util.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { render, unmountComponentAtNode } from 'react-dom';
+import { HelpMenu } from './help_menu';
+
+export function addHelpMenuToAppChrome(chrome) {
+  chrome.helpExtension.set(domElement => {
+    render(<HelpMenu/>, domElement);
+    return () => {
+      unmountComponentAtNode(domElement);
+    };
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/listing/visualize_listing.js b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/listing/visualize_listing.js
index 54162e8f80221..ab4b0e1cfc28b 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/listing/visualize_listing.js
+++ b/src/legacy/core_plugins/kibana/public/visualize/listing/visualize_listing.js
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import chrome from 'ui/chrome';
 import { wrapInI18nContext } from 'ui/i18n';
 import { toastNotifications } from 'ui/notify';
 import { SavedObjectsClientProvider } from 'ui/saved_objects';
+import { addHelpMenuToAppChrome } from '../help_menu/help_menu_util';
+
 import { VisualizeListingTable } from './visualize_listing_table';
 import { NewVisModal } from '../wizard/new_vis_modal';
 import { VisualizeConstants } from '../visualize_constants';
@@ -120,4 +122,6 @@ export function VisualizeListingController($injector, createNewVis) {
   ]);
 
   this.listingLimit = config.get('savedObjects:listingLimit');
+
+  addHelpMenuToAppChrome(chrome);
 }