diff --git a/fail2ban/protocol.py b/fail2ban/protocol.py
index 0a8322d4..872da37b 100644
--- a/fail2ban/protocol.py
+++ b/fail2ban/protocol.py
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ protocol = [
 ["stat[istic]s", "gets the current statistics of all jails as table"],
 ["ping", "tests if the server is alive"],
 ["echo", "for internal usage, returns back and outputs a given string"],
-["help", "return this output"], 
 ["version", "return the server version"],
 ['', "LOGGING", ""],
 ["set loglevel <LEVEL>", "sets logging level to <LEVEL>. Levels: CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, NOTICE, INFO, "
diff --git a/man/fail2ban-client.1 b/man/fail2ban-client.1
index 8613f29f..9d270933 100644
--- a/man/fail2ban-client.1
+++ b/man/fail2ban-client.1
@@ -139,9 +139,6 @@ tests if the server is alive
 for internal usage, returns back
 and outputs a given string
 .TP
-\fBhelp\fR
-return this output
-.TP
 \fBversion\fR
 return the server version
 .IP