diff --git a/admin/popuphelp.php b/admin/popuphelp.php
index 83ac55074..a4dd88a02 100644
--- a/admin/popuphelp.php
+++ b/admin/popuphelp.php
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ $template->assign(
     'HELP_CONTENT' => $help_content
   ));
 
+if (isset($_GET['output']) and 'content_only' == $_GET['output'])
+{
+  echo $help_content;
+  exit();
+}
+
 // +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
 // |                           html code display                           |
 // +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
diff --git a/admin/themes/default/template/admin.tpl b/admin/themes/default/template/admin.tpl
index 759f2b984..a6058da19 100644
--- a/admin/themes/default/template/admin.tpl
+++ b/admin/themes/default/template/admin.tpl
@@ -143,9 +143,12 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function() {
   {$TABSHEET}
   {/if}
   {if isset($U_HELP)}
-	{combine_script id='core.scripts' load='async' path='themes/default/js/scripts.js'}
+  {include file='include/colorbox.inc.tpl'}
+{footer_script}
+  jQuery('.help-popin').colorbox({ width:"500px" });
+{/footer_script}
   <ul class="HelpActions">
-    <li><a href="{$U_HELP}" onclick="popuphelp(this.href); return false;" title="{'Help'|@translate}" class="icon-help-circled"></a></li>
+    <li><a href="{$U_HELP}&amp;output=content_only" title="{'Help'|@translate}" class="help-popin"><span class="icon-help-circled"></span></a></li>
   </ul>
   {/if}
 
diff --git a/admin/themes/default/template/batch_manager_global.tpl b/admin/themes/default/template/batch_manager_global.tpl
index bbc9c7e28..0ab1708fd 100644
--- a/admin/themes/default/template/batch_manager_global.tpl
+++ b/admin/themes/default/template/batch_manager_global.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {include file='include/datepicker.inc.tpl' load_mode='async'}
-{include file='include/colorbox.inc.tpl' load_mode='async'}
+{include file='include/colorbox.inc.tpl' load_mode='footer'}
 {include file='include/add_album.inc.tpl' load_mode='async'}
 
 {combine_script id='common' load='footer' path='admin/themes/default/js/common.js'}
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ var lang = {
 
 jQuery(document).ready(function() {
 
+  jQuery('.help-popin').colorbox({ width:"500px" });
+
   {* <!-- TAGS --> *}
   var tagsCache = new TagsCache({
     serverKey: '{$CACHE_KEYS.tags}',
@@ -456,7 +458,7 @@ var sliders = {
 				{'Search'|@translate}
 				<input name="q" size=40 value="{$filter.search.q|stripslashes|htmlspecialchars}">
 				{combine_script id='core.scripts' load='async' path='themes/default/js/scripts.js'}
-				<a href="admin/popuphelp.php?page=quick_search" onclick="popuphelp(this.href);return false;" title="{'Help'|@translate}"><span class="icon-help-circled"></span></a>
+				<a href="admin/popuphelp.php?page=quick_search&amp;output=content_only" class="help-popin" title="{'Help'|@translate}"><span class="icon-help-circled"></span></a>
 {if (isset($no_search_results))}
 <div>{'No results for'|@translate} :
 	<em><strong>