diff --git a/src/prolog/machine/system_calls.rs b/src/prolog/machine/system_calls.rs
index 2b521d40..03ec8311 100644
--- a/src/prolog/machine/system_calls.rs
+++ b/src/prolog/machine/system_calls.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ use crate::crossterm::terminal::{enable_raw_mode, disable_raw_mode};
 pub enum ContinueResult {
     ContinueQuery,
     Conclude,
+    Help,
     PrintWithoutMaxDepth,
+    PrintWithMaxDepth
 }
 
 pub fn next_keypress() -> ContinueResult {
@@ -44,12 +46,18 @@ pub fn next_keypress() -> ContinueResult {
                     KeyCode::Char('w') => {
                         return ContinueResult::PrintWithoutMaxDepth;
                     }
+                    KeyCode::Char('p') => {
+                        return ContinueResult::PrintWithMaxDepth;
+                    }
                     KeyCode::Char(' ') | KeyCode::Char(';') | KeyCode::Char('n') => {
                         return ContinueResult::ContinueQuery;
                     }
                     KeyCode::Char('.') => {
                         return ContinueResult::Conclude;
                     }
+                    KeyCode::Char('h') => {
+                        return ContinueResult::Help;
+                    }
                     _ => {}
                 }
             }
@@ -2347,7 +2355,9 @@ impl MachineState {
                 let c = match keypress {
                     ContinueResult::ContinueQuery => ';',
                     ContinueResult::Conclude => '.',
+                    ContinueResult::Help => 'h',
                     ContinueResult::PrintWithoutMaxDepth => 'w',
+                    ContinueResult::PrintWithMaxDepth => 'p',
                 };
 
                 let target = self[temp_v!(1)].clone();
diff --git a/src/prolog/toplevel.pl b/src/prolog/toplevel.pl
index edf00883..3abadd7c 100644
--- a/src/prolog/toplevel.pl
+++ b/src/prolog/toplevel.pl
@@ -184,17 +184,33 @@
 
 '$read_input'(ThreadedGoals, NewVarList) :-
     '$raw_input_read_char'(C),
-    (  C == ('w'), !,
+    (  C == w ->
        nl,
        write('   '),
        '$write_eq'(ThreadedGoals, NewVarList, 0),
        '$read_input'(ThreadedGoals, NewVarList)
-    ;  C == (';'), !,
+    ;  C == p ->
+       nl,
+       write('   '),
+       '$write_eq'(ThreadedGoals, NewVarList, 20),
+       '$read_input'(ThreadedGoals, NewVarList)
+    ;  C == (';') ->
        nl, write(';  '), false
-    ;  C == ('.'), !,
+    ;  C == h ->
+       '$help_message',
+       '$read_input'(ThreadedGoals, NewVarList)
+    ;  C == '.',
        nl, write('   ...'), nl
     ).
 
+'$help_message' :-
+    nl, nl,
+    write('SPACE, "n" or ";": next solution, if any\n'),
+    write('".": stop enumeration\n'),
+    write('"h": display this help message\n'),
+    write('"w": write terms without depth limit\n'),
+    write('"p": print terms with depth limit\n\n').
+
 '$gather_query_vars'([_ = Var | Vars], QueryVars) :-
     (  var(Var) ->
        QueryVars = [Var | QueryVars1],