diff --git a/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs b/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs
index 153beea3d66..531f29e8243 100644
--- a/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs
+++ b/src/uu/timeout/src/timeout.rs
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ use uucore::process::ChildExt;
 use uucore::signals::enable_pipe_errors;
 
 use uucore::{
-    format_usage, show_error,
+    format_usage, help_about, help_usage, show_error,
     signals::{signal_by_name_or_value, signal_name_by_value},
 };
 
-static ABOUT: &str = "Start COMMAND, and kill it if still running after DURATION.";
-const USAGE: &str = "{} [OPTION] DURATION COMMAND...";
+const ABOUT: &str = help_about!("timeout.md");
+const USAGE: &str = help_usage!("timeout.md");
 
 pub mod options {
     pub static FOREGROUND: &str = "foreground";
diff --git a/src/uu/timeout/timeout.md b/src/uu/timeout/timeout.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f992ab32772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/uu/timeout/timeout.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# timeout
+
+```
+timeout [OPTION] DURATION COMMAND...
+```
+
+Start `COMMAND`, and kill it if still running after `DURATION`.