diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
index 6744c911af2..3044f0657b8 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def __init__(self, flist=None, filename=None, key=None, root=None):
                     # Safari requires real file:-URLs
                     EditorWindow.help_url = 'file://' + EditorWindow.help_url
             else:
-                EditorWindow.help_url = "http://www.python.org/doc/current"
+                EditorWindow.help_url = "http://docs.python.org/%d.%d" % sys.version_info[:2]
         currentTheme=idleConf.CurrentTheme()
         self.flist = flist
         root = root or flist.root