diff --git a/config/ompi_setup_cc.m4 b/config/ompi_setup_cc.m4
index cace63c866..e771126b78 100644
--- a/config/ompi_setup_cc.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_setup_cc.m4
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 BASECC="`basename $CC`"
 CFLAGS="$ompi_cflags_save"
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_CC, "$CC", [OMPI underlying C compiler])
+OMPI_CC_ABSOLUTE="`which $CC`"
+AC_SUBST(OMPI_CC_ABSOLUTE)
 
 # Check for compilers that impersonate gcc
 
diff --git a/config/ompi_setup_cxx.m4 b/config/ompi_setup_cxx.m4
index d47e8962b0..29a82344ad 100644
--- a/config/ompi_setup_cxx.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_setup_cxx.m4
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ AC_PROG_CXXCPP
 BASECXX="`basename $CXX`"
 CXXFLAGS="$ompi_cxxflags_save"
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_CXX, "$CXX", [OMPI underlying C++ compiler])
+OMPI_CXX_ABSOLUTE="`which $CXX`"
+AC_SUBST(OMPI_CXX_ABSOLUTE)
 
 # Check for compilers that impersonate g++
 
diff --git a/config/ompi_setup_f77.m4 b/config/ompi_setup_f77.m4
index f7e172f38c..0b9732233d 100644
--- a/config/ompi_setup_f77.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_setup_f77.m4
@@ -53,16 +53,17 @@ if test -z "$F77"; then
     OMPI_WANT_F77_BINDINGS=0
     OMPI_F77="none"
     BASEF77="none"
+    OMPI_F77_ABSOLUTE="none"
 else
+    OMPI_F77="$F77"
+    BASEF77="`basename $OMPI_F77`"
+    OMPI_F77_ABSOLUTE="`which $F77`"
+    
     if test "$OMPI_WANT_F77_BINDINGS" = "0" ; then
         AC_MSG_WARN([*** Fortran 77 bindings disabled by user])
         OMPI_WANT_F77_BINDINGS=0
-        OMPI_F77="$F77"
-        BASEF77="`basename $OMPI_F77`"
     else
         OMPI_WANT_F77_BINDINGS=1
-        OMPI_F77="$F77"
-        BASEF77="`basename $OMPI_F77`"
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -70,4 +71,5 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_WANT_F77_BINDINGS, $OMPI_WANT_F77_BINDINGS,
     [Whether we want the MPI f77 bindings or not])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_F77, "$OMPI_F77", [OMPI underlying F77 compiler])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(OMPI_WANT_F77_BINDINGS, test "$OMPI_WANT_F77_BINDINGS" = "1")
+AC_SUBST(OMPI_F77_ABSOLUTE)
 ])
diff --git a/config/ompi_setup_f90.m4 b/config/ompi_setup_f90.m4
index 3e0acc61f5..c544e8f271 100644
--- a/config/ompi_setup_f90.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_setup_f90.m4
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ if test "$OMPI_WANT_F77_BINDINGS" = "0" ; then
     OMPI_WANT_F90_BINDINGS=0
     OMPI_F90="none"
     BASEF90="none"
+    OMPI_F90_ABSOLUTE="none"
     if test "$enable_f90" = "yes"; then
         AC_MSG_WARN([*** but --enable-f90 was explicitly specified])
         AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot continue])
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ elif test "$OMPI_WANT_F90_BINDINGS" = "0" ; then
     OMPI_WANT_F90_BINDINGS=0
     OMPI_F90="none"
     BASEF90="none"
+    OMPI_F90_ABSOLUTE="none"
 else
 
     #
@@ -79,9 +81,11 @@ else
         OMPI_WANT_F90_BINDINGS=0
         OMPI_F90="none"
         BASEF90="none"
+        OMPI_F90_ABSOLUTE="none"
     else
         OMPI_F90="$FC"
         BASEF90="`basename $FC`"
+        OMPI_F90_ABSOLUTE="`which $FC`"
 
         AC_LANG_PUSH(Fortran)
         AC_FC_SRCEXT(f)
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_WANT_F90_BINDINGS, $OMPI_WANT_F90_BINDINGS,
     [Whether we want the MPI f90 bindings or not])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_F90, "$OMPI_F90", [OMPI underlying F90 compiler])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(OMPI_WANT_F90_BINDINGS, test "$OMPI_WANT_F90_BINDINGS" = "1")
+AC_SUBST(OMPI_F90_ABSOLUTE)
 unset fortran_goodness
 ])
 
diff --git a/src/tools/ompi_info/Makefile.am b/src/tools/ompi_info/Makefile.am
index 51bbaaf968..74b1fefe8e 100644
--- a/src/tools/ompi_info/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/tools/ompi_info/Makefile.am
@@ -37,9 +37,15 @@ AM_CPPFLAGS = \
             -DOMPI_BUILD_FCFLAGS="\"@FCFLAGS@\"" \
             -DOMPI_BUILD_LDFLAGS="\"@LDFLAGS@\"" \
             -DOMPI_BUILD_LIBS="\"@LIBS@\"" \
+            -DOMPI_CC_ABSOLUTE="\"@OMPI_CC_ABSOLUTE@\"" \
+            -DOMPI_CXX_ABSOLUTE="\"@OMPI_CXX_ABSOLUTE@\"" \
+            -DOMPI_F77_ABSOLUTE="\"@OMPI_F77_ABSOLUTE@\"" \
+            -DOMPI_F90_ABSOLUTE="\"@OMPI_F90_ABSOLUTE@\"" \
             -DOMPI_WANT_SVN=\"@OMPI_WANT_SVN@\" \
             -DOMPI_SVN_R=\"@OMPI_SVN_R@\"
 
+pkgdata_DATA = help-ompi_info.txt
+
 libs = $(top_builddir)/src/libmpi.la
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = ompi_info
diff --git a/src/tools/ompi_info/help-ompi_info.txt b/src/tools/ompi_info/help-ompi_info.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed4fb3f551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/ompi_info/help-ompi_info.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# -*- text -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of Indiana University.
+#                         All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of the University of Tennessee.
+#                         All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, 
+#                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
+#                         All rights reserved.
+# $COPYRIGHT$
+# 
+# Additional copyrights may follow
+# 
+# $HEADER$
+#
+# This is the US/English help file for Open MPI ompi_info error
+# messages.
+#
+[usage]
+The ompi_info command can be used to provide detailed information on
+your Open MPI installation.  Syntax:
+
+%s
+[lib-call-fail]
+A library call unexpectedly failed.  This is a terminal error; please
+show this message to an Open MPI wizard:
+
+        Library call: %s
+         Source file: %s
+  Source line number: %d
+
+Aborting...
diff --git a/src/tools/ompi_info/ompi_info.cc b/src/tools/ompi_info/ompi_info.cc
index 9ccd7f81cc..4822bc5a9c 100644
--- a/src/tools/ompi_info/ompi_info.cc
+++ b/src/tools/ompi_info/ompi_info.cc
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "util/output.h"
 #include "util/cmd_line.h"
 #include "util/argv.h"
+#include "util/show_help.h"
 #include "communicator/communicator.h"
 #include "mca/base/base.h"
 #include "tools/ompi_info/ompi_info.h"
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ ompi_info::type_vector_t ompi_info::mca_types;
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
   int ret = 0;
+  bool want_help = false;
+  bool cmd_error = false;
   bool acted = false;
   bool want_all = false;
   char **env = NULL;
@@ -74,9 +77,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   cmd_line = OBJ_NEW(ompi_cmd_line_t);
   if (NULL == cmd_line) {
     ret = errno;
-#if 0
-    show_help(NULL, "lib-call-fail", "ompi_cmd_line_create", NULL);
-#endif
+    ompi_show_help("help-ompi_info.txt", "lib-call-fail", true, 
+                   "ompi_cmd_line_create", __FILE__, __LINE__, NULL);
     exit(ret);
   }
 
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   ompi_cmd_line_make_opt(cmd_line, '\0', "param", 2, 
                          "Show MCA parameters");
   ompi_cmd_line_make_opt(cmd_line, '\0', "internal", 0, 
-                         "Show internal MCA parameters (not meant to be modified by users");
+                         "Show internal MCA parameters (not meant to be modified by users)");
   ompi_cmd_line_make_opt(cmd_line, '\0', "path", 1, 
                          "Show paths that Open MPI was configured with");
   ompi_cmd_line_make_opt(cmd_line, '\0', "arch", 0, 
@@ -98,6 +100,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                          "Display output in 'prettyprint' format (default)");
   ompi_cmd_line_make_opt(cmd_line, '\0', "parsable", 0, 
                          "Display output in parsable format");
+  ompi_cmd_line_make_opt(cmd_line, '\0', "parseable", 0, 
+                         "Synonym for --parsable");
   ompi_cmd_line_make_opt(cmd_line, '\0', "hostname", 0, 
                          "Show the hostname that Open MPI was configured "
                          "and built on");
@@ -125,15 +129,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
   // Do the parsing
 
-  if (OMPI_SUCCESS != ompi_cmd_line_parse(cmd_line, false, argc, argv) ||
-      ompi_cmd_line_is_taken(cmd_line, "help") || 
+  if (OMPI_SUCCESS != ompi_cmd_line_parse(cmd_line, false, argc, argv)) {
+      cmd_error = true;
+  }
+  if (!cmd_error && ompi_cmd_line_is_taken(cmd_line, "help") || 
       ompi_cmd_line_is_taken(cmd_line, "h")) {
-#if 1
-    printf("...showing ompi_info help message...\n");
-#else
-    show_help("ompi_info", "usage", NULL);
-#endif
-    exit(1);
+      want_help = true;
+  }
+  if (cmd_error || want_help) {
+      char *usage = ompi_cmd_line_get_usage_msg(cmd_line);
+      ompi_show_help("help-ompi_info.txt", "usage", true, usage);
+      free(usage);
+      exit(cmd_error ? 1 : 0);
   }
 
   mca_base_cmd_line_process_args(cmd_line, &env);
diff --git a/src/tools/ompi_info/param.cc b/src/tools/ompi_info/param.cc
index 58c2f90761..e1082c8928 100644
--- a/src/tools/ompi_info/param.cc
+++ b/src/tools/ompi_info/param.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 #include "class/ompi_value_array.h"
 #include "util/printf.h"
+#include "util/show_help.h"
 #include "mca/base/mca_base_param.h"
 #include "tools/ompi_info/ompi_info.h"
 
@@ -103,10 +104,10 @@ void ompi_info::do_params(bool want_all, bool want_internal)
       }
 
       if (!found) {
-#if 0
-        show_help("ompi_info", "usage");
-#endif
-        exit(1);
+          char *usage = ompi_cmd_line_get_usage_msg(cmd_line);
+          ompi_show_help("help-ompi_info.txt", "usage", true, usage);
+          free(usage);
+          exit(1);
       }
 
       show_mca_params(type, component, param_all, want_internal);
@@ -251,10 +252,10 @@ void ompi_info::do_path(bool want_all, ompi_cmd_line_t *cmd_line)
       else if (path_sysconfdir == scope)
         show_path(path_sysconfdir, OMPI_SYSCONFDIR);
       else {
-#if 0
-        show_help("ompi_info", "usage");
-#endif
-        exit(1);
+          char *usage = ompi_cmd_line_get_usage_msg(cmd_line);
+          ompi_show_help("help-ompi_info.txt", "usage", true, usage);
+          free(usage);
+          exit(1);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -346,6 +347,7 @@ void ompi_info::do_config(bool want_all)
   out("Fortran90 bindings", "bindings:f90", f90);
 
   out("C compiler", "compiler:c:command", OMPI_CC);
+  out("C compiler absolute", "compiler:c:absolute", OMPI_CC_ABSOLUTE);
 
   if (want_all) {
     out("C char size", "compiler:c:sizeof:char", sizeof(char));
@@ -364,9 +366,14 @@ void ompi_info::do_config(bool want_all)
   }
 
   out("C++ compiler", "compiler:cxx:command", OMPI_CXX);
+  out("C++ compiler absolute", "compiler:cxx:absolute", OMPI_CXX_ABSOLUTE);
 
   out("Fortran77 compiler", "compiler:f77:command", OMPI_F77);
+  out("Fortran77 compiler absolute", "compiler:f77:absolute", 
+      OMPI_F77_ABSOLUTE);
   out("Fortran90 compiler", "compiler:f90:command", OMPI_F90);
+  out("Fortran90 compiler absolute", "compiler:f90:absolute", 
+      OMPI_F90_ABSOLUTE);
 
   if (want_all) {