diff --git a/modules/modperl/startup.pl b/modules/modperl/startup.pl
index 3806c81e..ff7e4861 100644
--- a/modules/modperl/startup.pl
+++ b/modules/modperl/startup.pl
@@ -144,15 +144,7 @@ sub GetModInfo {
 	ZNC::CModules::FindModPath("$modname.pm", $modpath, $datapath) or return ($ZNC::Perl_NotFound, "Unable to find module [$modname]");
 	$modpath = $modpath->GetPerlStr;
 	return ($ZNC::Perl_LoadError, "Incorrect perl module.") unless IsModule $modpath, $modname;
-	require $modpath;
-	my $pmod = bless {}, $modname;
-	my @types = $pmod->module_types;
-	$modinfo->SetDefaultType($types[0]);
-	$modinfo->SetDescription($pmod->description);
-	$modinfo->SetWikiPage($pmod->wiki_page);
-	$modinfo->SetName($modname);
-	$modinfo->SetPath($modpath);
-	$modinfo->AddType($_) for @types;
+	ModInfoByPath($modpath, $modname, $modinfo);
 	return ($ZNC::Perl_Loaded)
 }
 
@@ -165,6 +157,8 @@ sub ModInfoByPath {
 	$modinfo->SetDefaultType($types[0]);
 	$modinfo->SetDescription($pmod->description);
 	$modinfo->SetWikiPage($pmod->wiki_page);
+	$modinfo->SetArgsHelpText($pmod->args_help_text);
+	$modinfo->SetHasArgs($pmod->has_args);
 	$modinfo->SetName($modname);
 	$modinfo->SetPath($modpath);
 	$modinfo->AddType($_) for @types;
@@ -291,6 +285,11 @@ sub module_types {
 	$ZNC::CModInfo::NetworkModule
 }
 
+sub args_help_text { '' }
+
+sub has_args { 0 }
+
+
 # Default implementations for module hooks. They can be overriden in derived modules.
 sub OnLoad {1}
 sub OnBoot {}
diff --git a/modules/modpython/znc.py b/modules/modpython/znc.py
index ff8e6936..7f8bb45f 100644
--- a/modules/modpython/znc.py
+++ b/modules/modpython/znc.py
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ class Module:
 
     wiki_page = ''
 
+    has_args = False
+    args_help_text = ''
+
     def __str__(self):
         return self.GetModName()
 
@@ -575,6 +578,14 @@ def unload_all():
         unload_module(mod)
 
 
+def gather_mod_info(cl, modinfo):
+    modinfo.SetDescription(cl.description)
+    modinfo.SetWikiPage(cl.wiki_page)
+    modinfo.SetDefaultType(cl.module_types[0])
+    for module_type in cl.module_types:
+        modinfo.AddType(module_type)
+
+
 def get_mod_info(modname, retmsg, modinfo):
     '''0-not found, 1-error, 2-success'''
     pymodule, datadir = find_open(modname)
@@ -585,13 +596,9 @@ def get_mod_info(modname, retmsg, modinfo):
             pymodule.__file__, modname)
         return 1
     cl = pymodule.__dict__[modname]
-    modinfo.SetDefaultType(cl.module_types[0])
-    for module_type in cl.module_types:
-        modinfo.AddType(module_type)
-    modinfo.SetDescription(cl.description)
-    modinfo.SetWikiPage(cl.wiki_page)
     modinfo.SetName(modname)
     modinfo.SetPath(pymodule.__file__)
+    gather_mod_info(cl, modinfo)
     return 2
 
 
@@ -616,14 +623,9 @@ def get_mod_info_path(path, modname, modinfo):
     if modname not in pymodule.__dict__:
         return 0
     cl = pymodule.__dict__[modname]
-    modinfo.SetDescription(cl.description)
-    modinfo.SetWikiPage(cl.wiki_page)
     modinfo.SetName(modname)
     modinfo.SetPath(pymodule.__file__)
-    modinfo.SetDefaultType(cl.module_types[0])
-    for module_type in cl.module_types:
-        modinfo.AddType(module_type)
-
+    gather_mod_info(cl, modinfo)
     return 1