If I'm not mistaken, running "npm help <term>", where <term> is an existing
npm command, will display it's man page. Otherwise, npm will display a "Top
hits" list if <term> is not a known command.

But after upgrading to node 0.8.3, npm will *always* display the "Top hits"
list even for known commands.

The description of "npm help <term>" *seems* to describe differently:

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$ npm help

Usage: npm <command>

where <command> is one of:
    add-user, adduser, apihelp, author, bin, bugs, c, cache,
    completion, config, deprecate, docs, edit, explore, faq,
    find, get, help, help-search, home, i, info, init, install,
    la, link, list, ll, ln, login, ls, outdated, owner, pack,
    prefix, prune, publish, r, rb, rebuild, remove, restart, rm,
    root, run-script, s, se, search, set, show, shrinkwrap,
    star, start, stop, submodule, tag, test, tst, un, uninstall,
    unlink, unpublish, unstar, up, update, version, view,
    whoami

npm <cmd> -h     quick help on <cmd>
npm -l           display full usage info
npm faq          commonly asked questions
*npm help <term>  search for help on <term>*
*npm help npm     involved overview*

Specify configs in the ini-formatted file:
    /home/zaim/.npmrc
or on the command line via: npm <command> --key value
Config info can be viewed via: npm help config

n...@1.1.43 /usr/lib/node_modules/npm
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I'm guessing "invloved overview" means man pages and "npm help npm" is an
example usage.

I'm pretty sure previously when I run "npm help install" or something, a
man page will be displayed. But now it just displays "Top hits"

I suspect this is a problem with my ArchLinux packaged distribution of node
0.8.3, and submitting this issue to github<https://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues/2650>,
Mr. Isaacs seems to agree.

Just a minor thing but does anybody else have the same issue?

*ArchLinux related info: I'm using the **community/nodejs-0.8.3-3 package.*
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