diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb/Dockerfile b/bitnami/mariadb/Dockerfile
index 8ab821c8c652..93321fb1f638 100644
--- a/bitnami/mariadb/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb/Dockerfile
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ ENV BITNAMI_APP_USER mysql
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_VERSION 5.5.42-0
 ENV BITNAMI_APP_VOL_PREFIX=/bitnami/$BITNAMI_APP_NAME
 
-# Specific Utility functions
+COPY help.txt $BITNAMI_PREFIX/help.txt
 COPY installer.run.sha256 /tmp/installer.run.sha256
 COPY bitnami-utils-custom.sh /bitnami-utils-custom.sh
-# General Utility functions
 ADD https://www.dropbox.com/s/9rffufx3drjisl1/install.sh?dl=1 /tmp/install.sh
 
 COPY post-install.sh /tmp/post-install.sh
diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb/help.txt b/bitnami/mariadb/help.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..75332d80e039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb/help.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+  $BITNAMI_APP_NAME cheatsheet:
+  
+    ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES:
+      MARIADB_USER: User to be created on initialization (default: root)
+      MARIADB_PASSWORD: Password associated to the MARIADB_USER (default: none)
+      MARIADB_DATABASE: Create a database and grant access to MARIADB_USER (default: none)
+  
+    VOLUMES:
+      $BITNAMI_APP_VOL_PREFIX/data: $BITNAMI_APP_NAME data files. For backups use this volume
+      $BITNAMI_APP_VOL_PREFIX/conf: my.conf lives here
+      $BITNAMI_APP_VOL_PREFIX/logs: 
+  
+    PORTS:
+      3306: $BITNAMI_APP_NAME default port
+  
+    MISC:
+      note: Please note that the user creation happens only the first time you run the container
+      note#2: MARIADB_USER works in conjunction with MARIADB_DATABASE environment variable
+  
+    COMMANDS:
+      bitnami-help: This page
+      check_updates: Check if a new version of the $BITNAMI_APP_NAME image is available
+
+  Visit $GITHUB_PAGE for more information
+
+
diff --git a/bitnami/mariadb/help.yaml b/bitnami/mariadb/help.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce83498848ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bitnami/mariadb/help.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+environment_variables:
+  MARIADB_USER: "User to be created on initialization (default: root)"
+  MARIADB_PASSWORD: "Password associated to the MARIADB_USER (default: none)"
+  MARIADB_DATABASE: "Create a database and grant access to MARIADB_USER (default: none)"
+volumes:
+  $BITNAMI_APP_VOL_PREFIX/data: $BITNAMI_APP_NAME data files. For backups use this volume
+  $BITNAMI_APP_VOL_PREFIX/conf: my.conf lives here
+  $BITNAMI_APP_VOL_PREFIX/logs:
+ports:
+  3306: $BITNAMI_APP_NAME default port
+misc:
+  note: Please note that the user creation happens only the first time you run the container
+  note#2: MARIADB_USER works in conjunction with MARIADB_DATABASE environment variable
+
+
+
+
+
+