diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 286ff18..a5ab974 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -67529,8 +67529,17 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", ({ value: true }));
 exports.handleCommand = void 0;
 const process_1 = __nccwpck_require__(18442);
 const propose_1 = __nccwpck_require__(84095);
+const usageInstructions = "See [usage instructions](https://github.com/paritytech/rfc-action#usage).";
 const handleCommand = async (opts) => {
     const { command, requestState, args } = opts;
+    if (command?.toLowerCase() === "help") {
+        return {
+            success: true,
+            message: "The RFC action aims to help with the creation of on-chain RFC referenda and with handling the RFC PRs." +
+                "\n\nThe main commands are `/rfc propose` and `/rfc process`.\n\n" +
+                usageInstructions,
+        };
+    }
     if (command?.toLowerCase() === "propose") {
         return await (0, propose_1.handleProposeCommand)(requestState);
     }
@@ -67540,7 +67549,7 @@ const handleCommand = async (opts) => {
     }
     return {
         success: false,
-        errorMessage: "Unrecognized command. Expected one of: `propose`, `process`.",
+        errorMessage: "Unrecognized command. Expected one of: `help`, `propose`, `process`.\n\n" + usageInstructions,
     };
 };
 exports.handleCommand = handleCommand;
diff --git a/src/handle-command.ts b/src/handle-command.ts
index 4f97689..c1ca7b4 100644
--- a/src/handle-command.ts
+++ b/src/handle-command.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,23 @@ import { handleProcessCommand } from "./process";
 import { handleProposeCommand } from "./propose";
 import { RequestResult, RequestState } from "./types";
 
+const usageInstructions = "See [usage instructions](https://github.com/paritytech/rfc-action#usage).";
+
 export const handleCommand = async (opts: {
   command: string | undefined;
   requestState: RequestState;
   args: (string | undefined)[];
 }): Promise<RequestResult> => {
   const { command, requestState, args } = opts;
+  if (command?.toLowerCase() === "help") {
+    return {
+      success: true,
+      message:
+        "The RFC action aims to help with the creation of on-chain RFC referenda and with handling the RFC PRs." +
+        "\n\nThe main commands are `/rfc propose` and `/rfc process`.\n\n" +
+        usageInstructions,
+    };
+  }
   if (command?.toLowerCase() === "propose") {
     return await handleProposeCommand(requestState);
   }
@@ -17,6 +28,6 @@ export const handleCommand = async (opts: {
   }
   return {
     success: false,
-    errorMessage: "Unrecognized command. Expected one of: `propose`, `process`.",
+    errorMessage: "Unrecognized command. Expected one of: `help`, `propose`, `process`.\n\n" + usageInstructions,
   };
 };