diff --git a/lang/en/help/courseidnumber.html b/lang/en/help/courseidnumber.html
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index 00000000000..fa91bb9330f
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+++ b/lang/en/help/courseidnumber.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Course ID Number</B></P>
+
+<P>The ID number of a course is only used when matching this course against
+   external systems - it is never displayed within Moodle.  If you have an 
+   official code name for this course then use it here ... otherwise you can 
+   leave it blank.</p>
+
diff --git a/lang/en/help/index.html b/lang/en/help/index.html
index 99876555d7a..76f4d9d74d8 100755
--- a/lang/en/help/index.html
+++ b/lang/en/help/index.html
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   <li><a href="help.php?file=coursecategory.html">Course categories</a> 
   <li><a href="help.php?file=courseformats.html">Course formats</a> 
   <li><a href="help.php?file=coursefullname.html">Course fullname</a> 
+  <li><a href="help.php?file=courseidnumber.html">Course ID number</a> 
   <li><a href="help.php?file=coursenewsitems.html">Course news items</a> 
   <li><a href="help.php?file=coursenumsections.html">Course number of weeks/topics</a> 
   <li><a href="help.php?file=courseshortname.html">Course short name</a>