diff --git a/UltiSnips/all.snippets b/UltiSnips/all.snippets
index 532010e..f816ba4 100644
--- a/UltiSnips/all.snippets
+++ b/UltiSnips/all.snippets
@@ -120,4 +120,14 @@ vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren,
 no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
 endsnippet
 
+##########################
+# VIM MODELINE GENERATOR #
+##########################
+# See advice on `:help 'tabstop'` for why these values are set. Uses second
+# modeline form ('set') to work in languages with comment terminators
+# (/* like C */).
+snippet modeline "Vim modeline"
+vim`!v ':set '. (&expandtab ? printf('et sw=%i ts=%i', &sw, &ts) : printf('noet sts=%i sw=%i ts=%i', &sts, &sw, &ts)) . (&tw ? ' tw='. &tw : '') . ':'`
+endsnippet
+
 # vim:ft=snippets:
diff --git a/UltiSnips/help.snippets b/UltiSnips/help.snippets
index 6132738..b07a7de 100644
--- a/UltiSnips/help.snippets
+++ b/UltiSnips/help.snippets
@@ -29,4 +29,9 @@ ${1:SubSubsection}:`!p snip.rv = sec_title(snip, t)`
 $0
 endsnippet
 
+# For vim help, follow the same settings as the official docs.
+snippet modeline "Vim help modeline"
+ `!v 'vim'`:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl:
+endsnippet
+
 # vim:ft=snippets: