diff -ur bash-3.2.orig/builtins/help.def bash-3.2.new/builtins/help.def
--- bash-3.2.orig/builtins/help.def	2004-12-30 19:59:55.000000000 +0100
+++ bash-3.2.new/builtins/help.def	2006-12-12 21:42:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@
 static void
 show_builtin_command_help ()
 {
-  int i, j;
-  char blurb[36];
+  int i, j, height, width;
+  char blurb[101];
 
   printf (
 _("These shell commands are defined internally.  Type `help' to see this list.\n\
@@ -187,21 +187,33 @@
 A star (*) next to a name means that the command is disabled.\n\
 \n"));
 
-  for (i = 0; i < num_shell_builtins; i++)
+  height = (num_shell_builtins + 1) / 2;
+  width = 40;  /* XXX better use half of screen width */
+
+  for (i = 0; i < height; i++)
     {
       QUIT;
       blurb[0] = (shell_builtins[i].flags & BUILTIN_ENABLED) ? ' ' : '*';
-      strncpy (blurb + 1, shell_builtins[i].short_doc, 34);
-      blurb[35] = '\0';
+      strncpy (blurb + 1, shell_builtins[i].short_doc, width - 1 );
+      blurb[width] = '\0';
+      printf ("%s", blurb);
+      for (j = strlen (blurb); j < width; j++)
+        putc (' ', stdout);
+
+      if ((i * 2) == num_shell_builtins)
+        {
+	  printf ("\n");
+      	  break;
+	}
+
+      blurb[0] = (shell_builtins[i+height].flags & BUILTIN_ENABLED) ? ' ' : '*';
+      strncpy (blurb + 1, shell_builtins[i+height].short_doc, width - 1);
+      blurb[width] = '\0';
       printf ("%s", blurb);
+      for (j = strlen (blurb); j < width; j++)
+        putc (' ', stdout);
 
-      if (i % 2)
-	printf ("\n");
-      else
-	for (j = strlen (blurb); j < 35; j++)
-	  putc (' ', stdout);
+      printf ("\n");
     }
-  if (i % 2)
-    printf ("\n");
 }
 #endif /* HELP_BUILTIN */