diff --git a/src/rpc/util.h b/src/rpc/util.h
--- a/src/rpc/util.h
+++ b/src/rpc/util.h
@@ -225,6 +225,15 @@
     std::string ToString() const;
     /** If the supplied number of args is neither too small nor too high */
     bool IsValidNumArgs(size_t num_args) const;
+    /**
+     * Check if the given request is valid according to this command or if
+     * the user is asking for help information, and throw help when appropriate.
+     */
+    inline void Check(const JSONRPCRequest &request) const {
+        if (request.fHelp || !IsValidNumArgs(request.params.size())) {
+            throw std::runtime_error(ToString());
+        }
+    }
 
 private:
     const std::string m_name;