--- gnumeric-1.7.12/src/wbc-gtk-actions.c~	2007-09-02 03:07:07.000000000 +0200
+++ gnumeric-1.7.12/src/wbc-gtk-actions.c	2007-09-20 20:47:08.000000000 +0200
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ static GNM_ACTION_DEF (cb_help_docs)
 
 #ifndef G_OS_WIN32
 	argv[0] = (char *)"yelp";
-	argv[1] = (char *)"ghelp:gnumeric";
+	argv[1] = (char *)"file://usr/share/gnome/help/gnumeric/C/gnumeric.xml";
 	g_spawn_async (NULL, argv, NULL, G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH,
 		NULL, NULL, NULL, &error);
 #else