diff --git a/irc/irc.php b/irc/irc.php
index 397844e05..a66fc8265 100644
--- a/irc/irc.php
+++ b/irc/irc.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ $o = '';
  // add the chatroom frame and some html
   $o .= <<< EOT
 <h2>IRC chat</h2>
+<p><a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/IRC/beginners.html" target="_blank">a beginner's guid to using IRC.</a></p>
 <iframe src="http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=friendica" width="600" height="600"></iframe>
 EOT;