diff --git a/ui/core/app/components/doc-link/index.hbs b/ui/core/app/components/doc-link/index.hbs
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index 000000000..e654aac4a
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+++ b/ui/core/app/components/doc-link/index.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<a
+  class="doc-link"
+  href={{doc-url @doc}}
+  target="_blank"
+  rel="noreferrer noopener"
+  title={{t "actions.get-topic-help"}}>
+  <Rose::Icon @name="help-circle-outline" @size={{@iconSize}} />
+</a>
diff --git a/ui/core/app/helpers/doc-url.js b/ui/core/app/helpers/doc-url.js
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index 000000000..ae10962ce
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+++ b/ui/core/app/helpers/doc-url.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { helper } from '@ember/component/helper';
+import { get } from '@ember/object';
+import { assert } from '@ember/debug';
+import config from '../config/environment';
+
+export default helper(function docUrl(params/*, hash*/) {
+  const baseURL = config.documentation.baseURL;
+  const docKey = params[0];
+  const configuredPath = get(config.documentation, docKey);
+  if (docKey) {
+    assert(`
+      Documentation for "${docKey}" could not be found. Please ensure that
+      this key exists under "documentation" in your app config.
+    `, configuredPath);
+  }
+  const path = configuredPath || '';
+  return `${baseURL}${path}`;
+});
diff --git a/ui/core/tests/integration/components/doc-link-test.js b/ui/core/tests/integration/components/doc-link-test.js
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index 000000000..36947afcc
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+++ b/ui/core/tests/integration/components/doc-link-test.js
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+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupRenderingTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+import { render, find } from '@ember/test-helpers';
+import { hbs } from 'ember-cli-htmlbars';
+
+module('Integration | Component | doc-link', function(hooks) {
+  setupRenderingTest(hooks);
+
+  test('it renders', async function(assert) {
+    assert.expect(1);
+    await render(hbs`<DocLink @doc="topics.account" @iconSize="large" />`);
+    assert.ok(find('.doc-link .rose-icon.large'));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/core/tests/integration/helpers/doc-url-test.js b/ui/core/tests/integration/helpers/doc-url-test.js
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index 000000000..d91c9eeed
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+++ b/ui/core/tests/integration/helpers/doc-url-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupRenderingTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+import { render } from '@ember/test-helpers';
+import { hbs } from 'ember-cli-htmlbars';
+import config from 'ember-get-config';
+
+module('Integration | Helper | doc-url', function(hooks) {
+  setupRenderingTest(hooks);
+
+  test('it renders a URL generated from the documentation config', async function(assert) {
+    assert.expect(3);
+    const baseURL = config.documentation.baseURL;
+    const path = config.documentation.topics.account;
+    await render(hbs`{{doc-url 'topics.account'}}`);
+    assert.ok(baseURL);
+    assert.ok(path);
+    assert.equal(this.element.textContent.trim(), `${baseURL}${path}`);
+  });
+
+  test('it throws an error if the specified documentation path cannot be found', async function(assert) {
+    assert.expect(2);
+    const helper = this.owner.lookup('helper:doc-url');
+    assert.ok(helper.compute(['topics.account']), 'Specified document exists.')
+    assert.throws(() => {
+      helper.compute(['no.such.doc']);
+    }, 'Specified documentation was not found, so the helper threw an error.');
+  });
+
+});