diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index 96aa1dfc1aacf6..3376a7e19d7f10 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -1583,7 +1583,8 @@ def getpager():
     if sys.platform == 'win32':
         return lambda text: tempfilepager(plain(text), 'more <')
     if hasattr(os, 'system') and os.system('(less) 2>/dev/null') == 0:
-        return lambda text: pipepager(text, 'less')
+        cmd = 'less "-P?e(END) .(q to quit)" --quit-at-eof'
+        return lambda text: pipepager(text, cmd)
 
     import tempfile
     (fd, filename) = tempfile.mkstemp()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-17-10-15-59.bpo-21625.cKVDj2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-17-10-15-59.bpo-21625.cKVDj2.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..aa3f88a6c2af10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-17-10-15-59.bpo-21625.cKVDj2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+When the ``MANPAGER`` and ``PAGER`` environment variables are not set,
+interactive :func:`help` now quits if enter is pressed on the last line.