diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/CredentialsEdit.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/CredentialsEdit.vue
index 49e3a12acd..6d01db51ac 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/CredentialsEdit.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/CredentialsEdit.vue
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 								</g>
 							</g>
 						</svg>
-						<span class="doc-link-text">Need help? <a class="doc-hyperlink" :href="'https://docs.n8n.io/credentials/' + documentationUrl + '/?utm_source=n8n_app&utm_medium=left_nav_menu&utm_campaign=create_new_credentials_modal'" target="_blank">Open credential docs</a></span>
+						<span class="doc-link-text">Need help? <a class="doc-hyperlink" :href="documentationUrl" target="_blank">Open credential docs</a></span>
 					</div>
 				</div>
 			</div>
@@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ export default mixins(
 
 			const credentialType = this.$store.getters.credentialType(credentialTypeName);
 			if (credentialType.documentationUrl !== undefined) {
-				return `${credentialType.documentationUrl}`;
+				if (credentialType.documentationUrl.startsWith('http')) {
+					return credentialType.documentationUrl;
+				} else {
+					return 'https://docs.n8n.io/credentials/' + credentialType.documentationUrl + '/?utm_source=n8n_app&utm_medium=left_nav_menu&utm_campaign=create_new_credentials_modal';
+				}
 			}
 			return undefined;
 		},
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/DataDisplay.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/DataDisplay.vue
index 6eb2b90ea3..58a7849e04 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/DataDisplay.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/DataDisplay.vue
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 				</div>
 				<transition name="fade">
 					<div v-if="showDocumentHelp && nodeType" class="doc-help-wrapper">
-								<svg id="help-logo" v-if="showDocumentHelp && nodeType" :href="'https://docs.n8n.io/nodes/' + nodeType.name" target="_blank" width="18px" height="18px" viewBox="0 0 18 18" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+								<svg id="help-logo" v-if="showDocumentHelp && nodeType" :href="documentationUrl" target="_blank" width="18px" height="18px" viewBox="0 0 18 18" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 									<title>Node Documentation</title>
 									<g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
 										<g transform="translate(-1127.000000, -836.000000)" fill-rule="nonzero">
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 								</svg>
 
 							<div v-if="showDocumentHelp && nodeType" class="text">
-								Need help? <a id="doc-hyperlink" v-if="showDocumentHelp && nodeType" :href="'https://docs.n8n.io/nodes/' + nodeType.name + '?utm_source=n8n_app&utm_medium=node_settings_modal-credential_link&utm_campaign=' + nodeType.name" target="_blank">Open {{nodeType.displayName}} documentation</a>
+								Need help? <a id="doc-hyperlink" v-if="showDocumentHelp && nodeType" :href="documentationUrl" target="_blank">Open {{nodeType.displayName}} documentation</a>
 							</div>
 					</div>
 				</transition>
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ export default Vue.extend({
 		};
 	},
 	computed: {
+		documentationUrl (): string {
+			if (this.nodeType.documentationUrl && this.nodeType.documentationUrl.startsWith('http')) {
+				return this.nodeType.documentationUrl;
+			}
+
+			return 'https://docs.n8n.io/nodes/' + (this.nodeType.documentationUrl || this.nodeType.name) + '?utm_source=n8n_app&utm_medium=node_settings_modal-credential_link&utm_campaign=' + this.nodeType.name;
+		},
 		node (): INodeUi {
 			return this.$store.getters.activeNode;
 		},
diff --git a/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts b/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts
index c6e42e0d28..492810cf2c 100644
--- a/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ export interface INodeTypeDescription {
 	version: number;
 	description: string;
 	defaults: INodeParameters;
+	documentationUrl?: string;
 	inputs: string[];
 	inputNames?: string[];
 	outputs: string[];