diff --git a/app/controllers/help_controller.rb b/app/controllers/help_controller.rb
index 0e5567c7734..964f624d6d7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/help_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/help_controller.rb
@@ -3,40 +3,24 @@ class HelpController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def show
-    @filepath = clean_path_info(params[:filepath])
-    @format = params[:format]
+    @category = clean_path_info(params[:category])
+    @file = clean_path_info(params[:file])
 
-    respond_to do |format|
-      format.md { render_doc }
-      format.all { send_file_data }
+    if File.exists?(Rails.root.join('doc', @category, @file + '.md'))
+      render 'show'
+    else
+      not_found!
     end
   end
 
   def shortcuts
   end
 
-  private
-
-  def render_doc
-    if File.exists?(Rails.root.join('doc', @filepath + '.md'))
-      render 'show.html.haml'
-    else
-      not_found!
-    end
-  end
-
-  def send_file_data
-    path = Rails.root.join('doc', "#{@filepath}.#{@format}")
-    if File.exists?(path)
-      send_file(path, disposition: 'inline')
-    else
-      head :not_found
-    end
-  end
-
   def ui
   end
 
+  private
+
   PATH_SEPS = Regexp.union(*[::File::SEPARATOR, ::File::ALT_SEPARATOR].compact)
 
   # Taken from ActionDispatch::FileHandler
diff --git a/app/views/help/show.html.haml b/app/views/help/show.html.haml
index f22aa92caf7..eca34dbff06 100644
--- a/app/views/help/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/help/show.html.haml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 .documentation.wiki
-  = markdown File.read(Rails.root.join('doc', @filepath + '.md')).gsub("$your_email", current_user.email)
+  = markdown File.read(Rails.root.join('doc', @category, @file + '.md')).gsub("$your_email", current_user.email)
diff --git a/config/initializers/mime_types.rb b/config/initializers/mime_types.rb
index 6978ad93024..8f8bef42bef 100644
--- a/config/initializers/mime_types.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/mime_types.rb
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@
 
 Mime::Type.register_alias "text/plain", :diff
 Mime::Type.register_alias "text/plain", :patch
-Mime::Type.register_alias 'text/html', :md
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 4f33b11d220..af58e095d9a 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ Gitlab::Application.routes.draw do
 
   # Help
   get 'help'                  => 'help#index'
+  get 'help/:category/:file'  => 'help#show', as: :help_page
   get 'help/shortcuts'
   get 'help/ui'               => 'help#ui'
-  get 'help/:filepath'        => 'help#show', as: :help_page, constraints: { filepath: /[^\.]+/ }
 
   #
   # Global snippets
diff --git a/features/steps/dashboard/help.rb b/features/steps/dashboard/help.rb
index fa52e391f05..ef433c57c6e 100644
--- a/features/steps/dashboard/help.rb
+++ b/features/steps/dashboard/help.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Spinach::Features::DashboardHelp < Spinach::FeatureSteps
   end
 
   step 'I visit the "Rake Tasks" help page' do
-    visit help_page_path('raketasks/maintenance', format: 'md')
+    visit help_page_path("raketasks", "maintenance")
   end
 
   step 'I should see "Rake Tasks" page markdown rendered' do
diff --git a/spec/features/help_pages_spec.rb b/spec/features/help_pages_spec.rb
index 28423eb8caa..41088ce8271 100644
--- a/spec/features/help_pages_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/help_pages_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe 'Help Pages', feature: true do
       login_as :user
     end
     it 'replace the variable $your_email with the email of the user' do
-      visit help_page_path(filepath: 'ssh/README', format: 'md')
+      visit help_page_path(category: 'ssh', file: 'README.md')
       expect(page).to have_content("ssh-keygen -t rsa -C \"#{@user.email}\"")
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/routing/routing_spec.rb b/spec/routing/routing_spec.rb
index f5db548f97c..d4915b51952 100644
--- a/spec/routing/routing_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/routing/routing_spec.rb
@@ -73,41 +73,41 @@ end
 #     help_markdown GET    /help/markdown(.:format)     help#markdown
 #          help_ssh GET    /help/ssh(.:format)          help#ssh
 #    help_raketasks GET    /help/raketasks(.:format)    help#raketasks
-describe HelpController, 'routing' do
-  it 'to #index' do
-    expect(get('/help')).to route_to('help#index')
+describe HelpController, "routing" do
+  it "to #index" do
+    expect(get("/help")).to route_to('help#index')
   end
 
-  it 'to #permissions' do
-    expect(get('/help/permissions/permissions')).to route_to('help#show', filepath: 'permissions/permissions')
+  it "to #permissions" do
+    expect(get("/help/permissions/permissions")).to route_to('help#show', category: "permissions", file: "permissions")
   end
 
-  it 'to #workflow' do
-    expect(get('/help/workflow/README')).to route_to('help#show', filepath: 'workflow/README')
+  it "to #workflow" do
+    expect(get("/help/workflow/README")).to route_to('help#show', category: "workflow", file: "README")
   end
 
-  it 'to #api' do
-    expect(get('/help/api/README')).to route_to('help#show', filepath: 'api/README')
+  it "to #api" do
+    expect(get("/help/api/README")).to route_to('help#show', category: "api", file: "README")
   end
 
-  it 'to #web_hooks' do
-    expect(get('/help/web_hooks/web_hooks')).to route_to('help#show', filepath: 'web_hooks/web_hooks')
+  it "to #web_hooks" do
+    expect(get("/help/web_hooks/web_hooks")).to route_to('help#show', category: "web_hooks", file: "web_hooks")
   end
 
-  it 'to #system_hooks' do
-    expect(get('/help/system_hooks/system_hooks')).to route_to('help#show', filepath: 'system_hooks/system_hooks')
+  it "to #system_hooks" do
+    expect(get("/help/system_hooks/system_hooks")).to route_to('help#show', category: "system_hooks", file: "system_hooks")
   end
 
-  it 'to #markdown' do
-    expect(get('/help/markdown/markdown')).to route_to('help#show',filepath: 'markdown/markdown')
+  it "to #markdown" do
+    expect(get("/help/markdown/markdown")).to route_to('help#show',category: "markdown", file: "markdown")
   end
 
-  it 'to #ssh' do
-    expect(get('/help/ssh/README')).to route_to('help#show', filepath: 'ssh/README')
+  it "to #ssh" do
+    expect(get("/help/ssh/README")).to route_to('help#show', category: "ssh", file: "README")
   end
 
-  it 'to #raketasks' do
-    expect(get('/help/raketasks/README')).to route_to('help#show', filepath: 'raketasks/README')
+  it "to #raketasks" do
+    expect(get("/help/raketasks/README")).to route_to('help#show', category: "raketasks", file: "README")
   end
 end