diff --git a/src/pretix/control/urls.py b/src/pretix/control/urls.py
index b47ccdf436..c3ba01fb12 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/urls.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/urls.py
@@ -93,5 +93,5 @@ urlpatterns = [
         url(r'^orders/$', orders.OrderList.as_view(), name='event.orders'),
         url(r'^attendees/$', attendees.AttendeeList.as_view(), name='event.attendees'),
     ])),
-    url(r'^help/(?P<topic>[^.]+)$', help.HelpView.as_view(), name='help'),
+    url(r'^help/(?P<topic>[a-zA-Z0-9_/]+)$', help.HelpView.as_view(), name='help'),
 ]
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/help.py b/src/pretix/control/views/help.py
index da69f62034..9645a0fcd8 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/help.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/help.py
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ class HelpView(View):
     paginate_by = 30
 
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        # In a security review, this came up as a possible path traversal issue. However, the URL regex
+        # does not allow any dots in the argument (which forbids traversing upwards in the directory tree).
+        # Even if it *was* possbile, it'd be loaded through django's template loader and therefore limited
+        # to TEMPLATE_DIR.
         try:
             locale = request.LANGUAGE_CODE
             return render(request, 'pretixcontrol/help/%s.%s.html' % (kwargs.get('topic'), locale), {})