diff --git a/certbot/tests/certbotdocs_test.py b/certbot/tests/certbotdocs_test.py
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+"""Tests for help text when invoked with environmental variable CERTBOT_DOCS=1"""
+import itertools
+import os
+import pkg_resources
+import unittest
+
+import mock
+import six
+
+from certbot import cli, constants
+from certbot.plugins import disco
+
+import certbot.tests.util as test_util
+
+
+class CertbotDocsTest(test_util.ConfigTestCase):
+    """Tests for CERTBOT_DOCS=1"""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _parse(*args, **kwargs):
+        """Get result of cli.prepare_and_parse_args."""
+
+        plugins = disco.PluginsRegistry.find_all()
+        return cli.prepare_and_parse_args(plugins, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def _help_output(self):
+        "Get output of certbot --help all"
+
+        output = six.StringIO()
+
+        def write_msg(message, *args, **kwargs): # pylint: disable=missing-docstring,unused-argument
+            output.write(message)
+
+        with mock.patch('certbot.main.sys.stdout', new=output):
+            with test_util.patch_get_utility() as mock_get_utility:
+                mock_get_utility().notification.side_effect = write_msg
+                with mock.patch('certbot.main.sys.stderr'):
+                    self.assertRaises(SystemExit, self._parse, ["help", "all"], output)
+
+        return output.getvalue()
+
+    def test_help_certbot_docs(self):
+        """Test that a consistent help text is printed when CERTBOT_DOCS=1
+        environmental variable is set."""
+        os.environ["CERTBOT_DOCS"] = "1"
+
+        entry_points = itertools.chain(
+            pkg_resources.iter_entry_points(
+                constants.SETUPTOOLS_PLUGINS_ENTRY_POINT),
+            pkg_resources.iter_entry_points(
+                constants.OLD_SETUPTOOLS_PLUGINS_ENTRY_POINT),)
+        apache_ep = None
+        for ep in entry_points:
+            if ep.name == "apache":
+                apache_ep = disco.PluginEntryPoint(ep)
+        mock_add = mock.MagicMock()
+        with mock.patch("certbot.util.exe_exists") as mock_exe:
+            mock_exe.return_value = True
+            apache_plugin = apache_ep.init(config=self.config)
+            apache_plugin._prepare_options()
+            apache_plugin.add_parser_arguments(mock_add)
+            expected_srv_root = {'default': '/etc/apache2',
+                                 'help': 'Apache server root directory'}
+            found = False
+            for c in mock_add.mock_calls:
+                if c[2] == expected_srv_root:
+                    found = True
+            self.assertTrue(found)
+            self.assertTrue("Please note that the default values of the Apache" in apache_plugin.description)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()  # pragma: no cover