Opening vim help in a vertical split window

Question

Is there a way to get vim help to open in a vertical split pane rather than a horizontal one?

EDIT: to add to 42's answer, you can also control whether the window splits on the left/top (to[pleft]) or right/bottom (bo[tright])

e.g. :vert bo help

Answer 1

:vert help

does it for me.

Answer 2

This should do it:

:vsplit