diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 04b97486a2..5354007588 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
 	NO_INET_PTON = YesPlease
 	NO_INET_NTOP = YesPlease
 	NO_POSIX_GOODIES = UnfortunatelyYes
+	DEFAULT_HELP_FORMAT = html
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DNOGDI -Icompat -Icompat/win32
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/mingw.o compat/winansi.o \