5 files changed, 45 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lua/mason/ui/components/header.lua b/lua/mason/ui/components/header.lua
index a4e466db..52aacc7d 100644
--- a/lua/mason/ui/components/header.lua
+++ b/lua/mason/ui/components/header.lua
@@ -6,14 +6,10 @@ return function(state)
     return Ui.CascadingStyleNode({ "CENTERED" }, {
         Ui.HlTextNode {
             Ui.When(state.view.is_showing_help, {
-                p.none "             ",
                 p.header_secondary(" " .. state.header.title_prefix .. " mason.nvim "),
-                p.Comment " alpha branch",
                 p.none((" "):rep(#state.header.title_prefix + 1)),
             }, {
-                p.none "             ",
                 p.header " mason.nvim ",
-                p.Comment " alpha branch",
             }),
             Ui.When(
                 state.view.is_showing_help,
@@ -21,9 +17,6 @@ return function(state)
                 { p.none "press ", p.highlight "?", p.none " for help" }
             ),
             { p.Comment "https://github.com/williamboman/mason.nvim" },
-            {
-                p.Comment "Give usage feedback: https://github.com/williamboman/mason.nvim/discussions/new?category=ideas",
-            },
         },
     })
 end
diff --git a/lua/mason/ui/components/help/dap.lua b/lua/mason/ui/components/help/dap.lua
index 0dec10cf..6344e234 100644
--- a/lua/mason/ui/components/help/dap.lua
+++ b/lua/mason/ui/components/help/dap.lua
@@ -16,5 +16,12 @@ return function(state)
         {
             p.none "between a development tool (e.g. IDE or editor) and a debugger.",
         },
+        {
+            p.none "This provides editors with a standardized interface for enabling debugging",
+        },
+        {
+            p.none "capabilities - such as pausing execution, stepping through statements,",
+        },
+        { p.none "and inspecting variables." },
     }
 end
diff --git a/lua/mason/ui/components/help/formatter.lua b/lua/mason/ui/components/help/formatter.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45e83e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/mason/ui/components/help/formatter.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+local Ui = require "mason-core.ui"
+local p = require "mason.ui.palette"
+
+---@param state InstallerUiState
+return function(state)
+    return Ui.HlTextNode {
+        { p.none "A code formatter is a tool that reformats code to fit a certain" },
+        { p.none "formatting convention. This usually entails things like adjusting" },
+        { p.none "indentation, breaking long lines into smaller lines, adding or" },
+        { p.none "removing whitespaces. Formatting rules are often included as a" },
+        { p.none "separate configuration file within the project." },
+    }
+end
diff --git a/lua/mason/ui/components/help/init.lua b/lua/mason/ui/components/help/init.lua
index f6c9debb..28ff3e37 100644
--- a/lua/mason/ui/components/help/init.lua
+++ b/lua/mason/ui/components/help/init.lua
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ local log = require "mason-core.log"
 
 local LSPHelp = require "mason.ui.components.help.lsp"
 local DAPHelp = require "mason.ui.components.help.dap"
+local LinterHelp = require "mason.ui.components.help.linter"
+local FormatterHelp = require "mason.ui.components.help.formatter"
 
 ---@param state InstallerUiState
 local function Ship(state)
@@ -140,6 +142,16 @@ return function(state)
             DAPHelp(state),
             Ui.EmptyLine(),
         }
+    elseif state.view.current == "Linter" then
+        heading = Ui.Node {
+            LinterHelp(state),
+            Ui.EmptyLine(),
+        }
+    elseif state.view.current == "Formatter" then
+        heading = Ui.Node {
+            FormatterHelp(state),
+            Ui.EmptyLine(),
+        }
     end
 
     return Ui.CascadingStyleNode({ "INDENT" }, {
diff --git a/lua/mason/ui/components/help/linter.lua b/lua/mason/ui/components/help/linter.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0809de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/mason/ui/components/help/linter.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+local Ui = require "mason-core.ui"
+local p = require "mason.ui.palette"
+
+---@param state InstallerUiState
+return function(state)
+    return Ui.HlTextNode {
+        { p.none "A linter is a static code analysis tool used to provide diagnostics around" },
+        { p.none "programming errors, bugs, stylistic errors and suspicious constructs." },
+        { p.none "Linters can be executed as a standalone program in a terminal, where it" },
+        { p.none "usually expects one or more input files to lint. There are also Neovim plugins" },
+        { p.none "that integrate these diagnostics directly inside the editor, for a richer experience." },
+    }
+end