diff --git a/voussoirkit/betterhelp.py b/voussoirkit/betterhelp.py
index 9c9a2bf..7d791c7 100644
--- a/voussoirkit/betterhelp.py
+++ b/voussoirkit/betterhelp.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import argparse
 import functools
-import textwrap
 
 HELPSTRINGS = {'', 'help', '-h', '--help'}
 
@@ -41,7 +41,14 @@ def add_previews(docstring, sub_docstrings):
     docstring = docstring.format(**previews)
     return docstring
 
-def betterhelp(docstring):
+def betterhelp(parser, docstring):
+    '''
+    This decorator actually doesn't need the `parser`, but the
+    subparser_betterhelp decorator does, so in the interest of having similar
+    function signatures I'm making it required here too. I figure it's the
+    lesser of two evils. Plus, maybe someday I'll find a need for it and won't
+    have to make any changes to do it.
+    '''
     def wrapper(main):
         @functools.wraps(main)
         def wrapped(argv):
@@ -55,7 +62,47 @@ def betterhelp(docstring):
         return wrapped
     return wrapper
 
-def subparser_betterhelp(main_docstring, sub_docstrings):
+def get_subparser_action(parser):
+    for action in parser._actions:
+        if isinstance(action, argparse._SubParsersAction):
+            return action
+    raise TypeError('Couldn\'t locate the SubParsersAction.')
+
+
+def set_alias_docstrings(sub_docstrings, subparser_action):
+    '''
+    When using subparser aliases:
+
+        subp = parser.add_subparser('command', aliases=['comm'])
+
+    The _SubParsersAction will contain a dictionary `choices` of
+    {'command': ArgumentParser, 'comm': ArgumentParser}.
+    This choices dict does not indicate which one was the original name;
+    all aliases are equal. So, we'll identify which names are aliases because
+    their ArgumentParsers will have the same ID in memory. And, as long as one
+    of those aliases is in the provided docstrings, all the other aliases will
+    get that docstring too.
+    '''
+    sub_docstrings = {name.lower(): docstring for (name, docstring) in sub_docstrings.items()}
+    aliases = {}
+    primary_aliases = {}
+    for (sp_name, sp) in subparser_action.choices.items():
+        sp_name = sp_name.lower()
+        aliases.setdefault(id(sp), []).append(sp_name)
+        if sp_name in sub_docstrings:
+            primary_aliases[id(sp)] = sp_name
+
+    for (sp_id, sp_aliases) in aliases.items():
+        primary_alias = primary_aliases[sp_id]
+        for sp_alias in sp_aliases:
+            sub_docstrings[sp_alias] = sub_docstrings[primary_alias]
+
+    return sub_docstrings
+
+def subparser_betterhelp(parser, main_docstring, sub_docstrings):
+    subparser_action = get_subparser_action(parser)
+    sub_docstrings = set_alias_docstrings(sub_docstrings, subparser_action)
+
     def wrapper(main):
         @functools.wraps(main)
         def wrapped(argv):