# Debug why docstrings not showing in REPL help

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** documentation\
**Created:** [July 7, 2021, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debug-why-docstrings-not-showing-in-repl-help/64198 "2021-07-07T08:25:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/debug-why-docstrings-not-showing-in-repl-help/64198/5 "2021-07-07T09:03:50Z")

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Use `Alt-Enter` instead of a simple `Enter` (or, yes, vs `CTRL-Enter` since in the REPL that’s the same I think 🙂 ).

But `Alt-Enter` might not work if you’re on Windows apparently, see [PSA: Inserting a new line in the REPL](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-inserting-a-new-line-in-the-repl/3524) and [Pick a different key binding for "Insert new line without executing it" at least on Win · Issue #18295 · JuliaLang/julia · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/18295).

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