diff --git a/src/help.c b/src/help.c
index 0a3f1552..f330b7a3 100644
--- a/src/help.c
+++ b/src/help.c
@@ -506,21 +506,14 @@ void help_init(void)
 
 		/* Let's simply show the first two shortcuts from the list. */
 		for (s = sclist; s != NULL; s = s->next) {
-
-			if ((s->menus & currmenu) == 0)
-				continue;
-
-			if (s->func == f->func) {
+			if ((s->menus & currmenu) && s->func == f->func) {
 				scsfound++;
 				/* Make the first column narrower (6) than the second (10),
 				 * but allow it to spill into the second, for "M-Space". */
 				if (scsfound == 1) {
 					sprintf(ptr, "%s               ", s->keystr);
 					/* Unicode arrows take three bytes instead of one. */
-					if (strstr(s->keystr, "\xE2") != NULL)
-						ptr += 8;
-					else
-						ptr += 6;
+					ptr += (strstr(s->keystr, "\xE2") != NULL ? 8 : 6);
 				} else {
 					ptr += sprintf(ptr, "(%s)\t", s->keystr);
 					break;