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diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/run.py b/Lib/idlelib/run.py
index 9fbe0e9a4a..407e54309d 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/run.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/run.py
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ class MyHandler(rpc.RPCHandler):
sys.stdin = self.console = self.get_remote_proxy("stdin")
sys.stdout = self.get_remote_proxy("stdout")
sys.stderr = self.get_remote_proxy("stderr")
+ # page help() text to shell.
+ import pydoc # import must be done here to capture i/o binding
+ pydoc.pager = pydoc.plainpager
from idlelib import IOBinding
sys.stdin.encoding = sys.stdout.encoding = \
sys.stderr.encoding = IOBinding.encoding