diff --git a/RIGS/templates/RIGS/index.html b/RIGS/templates/RIGS/index.html
index 27f404de..ae979f3d 100644
--- a/RIGS/templates/RIGS/index.html
+++ b/RIGS/templates/RIGS/index.html
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 
         <div class="panel panel-default">
             <div class="panel-heading">
-              <h4 class="panel-title">Search Rigboard</h4>
+              <h4 class="panel-title">Search Rigboard 
+                <a href="{% url 'search_help' %}" class="pull-right modal-href"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-question-sign"</span></a></h4>
             </div>
             <div class="list-group">
                 <div class="list-group-item">
diff --git a/RIGS/templates/RIGS/search_help.html b/RIGS/templates/RIGS/search_help.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b460043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RIGS/templates/RIGS/search_help.html
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{% extends request.is_ajax|yesno:"base_ajax.html,base.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}Search Help{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+    <div class="row">
+        {% if not request.is_ajax %}
+            <div class="col-sm-12">
+                <h1>Search Help</h1>
+            </div>
+        {% endif %}
+        <div class="col-sm-12">
+            <div class="panel panel-default">
+              <div class="panel-heading">
+                <h3 class="panel-title">Searching Events</h3>
+              </div>
+              <div class="panel-body">
+                <p>
+                Searches for entire query in:
+                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">name</button>
+                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">description</button> and 
+                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">notes</button>
+                </p>
+                <p>You can search for an event by <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">event_id</button> by entering an integer, or using the format <code>N01234</code></p>
+                <p>On the search results page you can also specify the date range for the <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">start_date</button> of the event</p>
+                <p>Events are sorted in reverse <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">start_date</button> order (most recent events at the top)</p>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <div class="panel panel-default">
+              <div class="panel-heading">
+                <h3 class="panel-title">Searching People/Organisations/Venues</h3>
+              </div>
+              <div class="panel-body">
+                <p>
+                Searches for entire search phrase in:
+                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">name</button>
+                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">email</button>
+                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">address</button>
+                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">notes</button> and 
+                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">phone</button>
+                </p>
+                <p>You can search for an entry by <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">id</button> by entering an integer</p>
+                <p>Entries are sorted in alphabetical order by <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">name</button></p>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
+            {% if perms.RIGS.view_invoice %}
+                <div class="panel panel-default">
+                  <div class="panel-heading">
+                    <h3 class="panel-title">Searching Invoices</h3>
+                  </div>
+                  <div class="panel-body">
+                    <p>
+                    Searches for entire search phrase in:
+                        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">event__name</button>
+                    </p>
+                    <p>You can search for an event's invoice by entering the <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">event_id</button> using the format <code>N01234</code></p>
+                    <p>You can search for an invoice by <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">invoice_id</button> using the format <code>#01234</code></p>
+                    <p>Entering a raw integer will search by both <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">invoice_id</button> and <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">event_id</button></p>
+                    <p>Entries are sorted in reverse <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">invoice_date</button> order</p>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+            {% endif %}
+
+            
+
+        </div>
+    </div>
+{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/RIGS/urls.py b/RIGS/urls.py
index 4338df08..c76e8ea8 100644
--- a/RIGS/urls.py
+++ b/RIGS/urls.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
                        url('^$', login_required(views.Index.as_view()), name='index'),
                        url(r'^closemodal/$', views.CloseModal.as_view(), name='closemodal'),
 
+                       url(r'^search_help/$', views.SearchHelp.as_view(), name='search_help'),
+
                        url('^user/login/$', 'RIGS.views.login', name='login'),
                        url(r'^user/password_reset/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset', {'password_reset_form':forms.PasswordReset}),
 
diff --git a/RIGS/views.py b/RIGS/views.py
index 0dca4adc..de47db5f 100644
--- a/RIGS/views.py
+++ b/RIGS/views.py
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ def login(request, **kwargs):
 
         return login(request)
 
+class SearchHelp(generic.TemplateView):
+    template_name = 'RIGS/search_help.html'
+
 """
 Called from a modal window (e.g. when an item is submitted to an event/invoice).
 May optionally also include some javascript in a success message to cause a load of