diff --git a/r2/r2/config/routing.py b/r2/r2/config/routing.py
index addb6792d..203840932 100644
--- a/r2/r2/config/routing.py
+++ b/r2/r2/config/routing.py
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def make_map(global_conf={}, app_conf={}):
     mc('/post/:action', controller='post',
        requirements=dict(action="options|over18|unlogged_options|optout|optin|login|reg"))
 
-    mc('/api', controller='apihelp', action='help')
+    mc('/api', controller='apidocs', action='docs')
     mc('/api/distinguish/:how', controller='api', action="distinguish")
     # wherever this is, google has to agree.
     mc('/api/gcheckout', controller='ipn', action='gcheckout')
diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/__init__.py b/r2/r2/controllers/__init__.py
index 1fa391884..d13531875 100644
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/__init__.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/__init__.py
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from api import ApiController
 
-from api import ApiminimalController, ApihelpController
+from api import ApiminimalController
+from api_docs import ApidocsController
 from apiv1 import APIv1Controller as Apiv1Controller
 from oauth2 import OAuth2FrontendController as Oauth2frontendController
 from oauth2 import OAuth2AccessController as Oauth2accessController
diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
index 83088c737..25990003f 100644
--- a/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/api.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from r2.lib.utils import query_string, timefromnow, randstr
 from r2.lib.utils import timeago, tup, filter_links
 from r2.lib.pages import EnemyList, FriendList, ContributorList, ModList, \
     BannedList, BoringPage, FormPage, CssError, UploadedImage, ClickGadget, \
-    UrlParser, WrappedUser, ApiHelp, BoringPage
+    UrlParser, WrappedUser, BoringPage
 from r2.lib.pages import FlairList, FlairCsv, FlairTemplateEditor, \
     FlairSelector
 from r2.lib.utils.trial_utils import indict, end_trial, trial_info
@@ -2495,65 +2495,3 @@ class ApiController(RedditController):
         self.enable_admin_mode(c.user)
         form.redirect(dest)
 
-class ApihelpController(RedditController):
-    @staticmethod
-    def docs_from_controller(controller, url_prefix='/api'):
-        """
-        Examines a controller for documentation.  A dictionary of URLs is
-        returned.  For each URL, a dictionary of HTTP methods (GET, POST, etc.)
-        is contained.  For each URL/method pair, a dictionary containing the
-        following items is available:
-
-        - `__doc__`: Markdown-formatted docstring.
-        - `oauth2_scopes`: List of OAuth2 scopes
-        - *more to come...*
-        """
-
-        api_methods = defaultdict(dict)
-        for name, func in controller.__dict__.iteritems():
-            i = name.find('_')
-            if i > 0:
-                method = name[:i]
-                action = name[i+1:]
-            else:
-                continue
-
-            if func.__doc__ and method in ('GET', 'POST'):
-                docs = {
-                    '__doc__': re.sub(r'\n +', '\n', func.__doc__).strip(),
-                }
-
-                if hasattr(func, 'oauth2_perms'):
-                    scopes = func.oauth2_perms.get('allowed_scopes')
-                    if scopes:
-                        docs['oauth2_scopes'] = scopes
-
-                # TODO: in the future, it would be cool to introspect the
-                # validators in order to generate a list of request
-                # parameters.  Some decorators also give a hint as to response
-                # type (JSON, etc.) which could be included as well.
-
-                api_methods['/'.join((url_prefix, action))][method] = docs
-
-        return api_methods
-
-    def GET_help(self):
-        from r2.controllers.apiv1 import APIv1Controller
-        from r2.controllers.oauth2 import OAuth2FrontendController, OAuth2AccessController, scope_info
-
-        api_methods = defaultdict(dict)
-        for controller, url_prefix in ((ApiController, '/api'),
-                                       (ApiminimalController, '/api'),
-                                       (OAuth2FrontendController, '/api/v1'),
-                                       (OAuth2AccessController, '/api/v1'),
-                                       (APIv1Controller, '/api/v1')):
-            for url, methods in self.docs_from_controller(controller, url_prefix).iteritems():
-                api_methods[url].update(methods)
-
-        return BoringPage(
-            _('api documentation'),
-            content=ApiHelp(
-                api_methods=api_methods,
-                oauth2_scopes=scope_info,
-            )
-        ).render()
diff --git a/r2/r2/controllers/api_docs.py b/r2/r2/controllers/api_docs.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77ec8d52f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/r2/r2/controllers/api_docs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import re
+from collections import defaultdict
+
+from pylons.i18n import _
+from reddit_base import RedditController
+from r2.lib.pages import BoringPage, ApiHelp
+
+class ApidocsController(RedditController):
+    @staticmethod
+    def docs_from_controller(controller, url_prefix='/api'):
+        """
+        Examines a controller for documentation.  A dictionary of URLs is
+        returned.  For each URL, a dictionary of HTTP methods (GET, POST, etc.)
+        is contained.  For each URL/method pair, a dictionary containing the
+        following items is available:
+
+        - `__doc__`: Markdown-formatted docstring.
+        - `oauth2_scopes`: List of OAuth2 scopes
+        - *more to come...*
+        """
+
+        api_methods = defaultdict(dict)
+        for name, func in controller.__dict__.iteritems():
+            i = name.find('_')
+            if i > 0:
+                method = name[:i]
+                action = name[i+1:]
+            else:
+                continue
+
+            if func.__doc__ and method in ('GET', 'POST'):
+                docs = {
+                    '__doc__': re.sub(r'\n +', '\n', func.__doc__).strip(),
+                }
+
+                if hasattr(func, 'oauth2_perms'):
+                    scopes = func.oauth2_perms.get('allowed_scopes')
+                    if scopes:
+                        docs['oauth2_scopes'] = scopes
+
+                # TODO: in the future, it would be cool to introspect the
+                # validators in order to generate a list of request
+                # parameters.  Some decorators also give a hint as to response
+                # type (JSON, etc.) which could be included as well.
+
+                api_methods['/'.join((url_prefix, action))][method] = docs
+
+        return api_methods
+
+    def GET_docs(self):
+        from r2.controllers.api import ApiController, ApiminimalController
+        from r2.controllers.apiv1 import APIv1Controller
+        from r2.controllers.oauth2 import OAuth2FrontendController, OAuth2AccessController, scope_info
+
+        api_methods = defaultdict(dict)
+        for controller, url_prefix in ((ApiController, '/api'),
+                                       (ApiminimalController, '/api'),
+                                       (OAuth2FrontendController, '/api/v1'),
+                                       (OAuth2AccessController, '/api/v1'),
+                                       (APIv1Controller, '/api/v1')):
+            for url, methods in self.docs_from_controller(controller, url_prefix).iteritems():
+                api_methods[url].update(methods)
+
+        return BoringPage(
+            _('api documentation'),
+            content=ApiHelp(
+                api_methods=api_methods,
+                oauth2_scopes=scope_info,
+            )
+        ).render()