diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b9b802561..b7e39afa8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -258,33 +258,33 @@ indent.c:
 # here!
 #
 help:
-	@echo make genpath
-	@echo make genfilelist
-	@echo make verify_entry_files
-	@echo make sort_gitignore
-	@echo make gen_authors
-	@echo make gen_location
-	@echo make gen_years
-	@echo make entry_index
-	@echo make gen_other_html
-	@echo make gen_year_index
-	@echo make gen_status
-	@echo make gen_top_html
-	@echo make quick_entry_index
-	@echo make quick_www
-	@echo make www
+	@echo "make genpath - form top level .top, YYYY level .year and winner .path files"
+	@echo "make genfilelist - generate YYYY level .filelist"
+	@echo "make verify_entry_files - check to be sure all files in all entries exist"
+	@echo "make sort_gitignore - sort .gitignore files according to rules in bin/sgi.sh"
+	@echo "make gen_authors - generate the top level authors.html page"
+	@echo "make gen_location - generate the top level location.html page"
+	@echo "make gen_years - generate the top level years.html page"
+	@echo "make entry_index - force the build of ALL winner index.html files"
+	@echo "make gen_other_html - build entry HTML files from markdown other than README.md"
+	@echo "make gen_year_index - generate year level index.html files using the"
+	@echo "make gen_status - generate status.json and status.html"
+	@echo "make gen_top_html - generate a number of the top level HTML files from markdown"
+	@echo "make quick_entry_index - build winner index.html files that might be out of date"
+	@echo "make quick_www - generate html files morem quickly, checking timestamps"
+	@echo "make www - build html pages for website"
 	@echo
-	@echo make untar_entry_tarball
-	@echo make untar_year_tarball
+	@echo "make untar_entry_tarball - untar all entry tarballs"
+	@echo "make untar_year_tarball - untar all year level tarballs"
 	@echo
-	@echo make form_entry_tarball
-	@echo make form_year_tarball
-	@echo make tar
+	@echo "make form_entry_tarball - form all entry compressed tarballs"
+	@echo "make form_year_tarball - form all IOCCC year level compressed tarballs"
+	@echo "make tar - build all tarballs"
 	@echo
-	@echo make gen_sitemap
-	@echo make timestamp
+	@echo "make gen_sitemap - generate the XML sitemap"
+	@echo "make timestamp - generate things with timestamps (status, sitemap etc.)"
 	@echo
-	@echo make update
+	@echo "make update - update everything on the web site"
 
 # form the top level .top, YYYY level .year and winner level .path files
 #
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ verify_entry_files: ${ALL_RUN} ${CHK_ENTRY}
 	@echo '=-=-=-=-= IOCCC begin make $@ =-=-=-=-='
 	${ALL_RUN} -v 3 ${CHK_ENTRY}
 
-# check to be sure all files in all entries exist
+# sort .gitignore files according to rules in bin/sgi.sh
 #
 sort_gitignore: ${ALL_RUN} ${SORT_GITIGNORE}
 	@echo '=-=-=-=-= IOCCC begin make $@ =-=-=-=-='
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ thanks: ${GEN_TOP_HTML} thanks-for-help.md
 	@${GEN_TOP_HTML}
 	@echo "... and thanks for all the fish :-)"
 
-# generate build entry HTML files from markdown other than README.md to index.html HTML files
+# build entry HTML files from markdown other than README.md to index.html
 #
 gen_other_html: ${GEN_OTHER_HTML}
 	@echo '=-=-=-=-= IOCCC begin make $@ =-=-=-=-='
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ untar_entry_tarball: ${ALL_RUN}
 	${MAKE} verify_entry_files
 	@echo '=-=-=-=-= IOCCC complete make $@ =-=-=-=-='
 
-# untar all entry tarballs
+# untar all year level tarballs
 #
 untar_year_tarball: ${ALL_RUN}
 	@echo '=-=-=-=-= IOCCC begin make $@ =-=-=-=-='
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ tar:
 	${MAKE} form_year_tarball
 	@echo '=-=-=-=-= IOCCC complete make $@ =-=-=-=-='
 
-# generate a status.json and status.html
+# generate status.json and status.html
 #
 gen_status: ${GEN_STATUS}
 	@echo '=-=-=-=-= IOCCC begin make $@ =-=-=-=-='