diff --git a/web/documentserver-example/ruby/Makefile b/web/documentserver-example/ruby/Makefile
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+.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
+
+.PHONY: help
+help: #  Show help message for each of the Makefile recipes.
+	@grep -E "^[a-z]+: #" $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | \
+		sort | \
+		awk 'BEGIN {FS = ": # "}; {printf "%s: %s\n", $$1, $$2}'