diff --git a/IPython/core/usage.py b/IPython/core/usage.py
index 309d1e2..e9d4ef9 100644
--- a/IPython/core/usage.py
+++ b/IPython/core/usage.py
@@ -538,3 +538,11 @@ default_gui_banner_parts = default_banner_parts + [gui_note]
 default_banner = ''.join(default_banner_parts)
 
 default_gui_banner = ''.join(default_gui_banner_parts)
+
+# page GUI Reference, for use as a magic:
+
+def page_guiref(arg_s=None):
+    """Show a basic reference about the GUI Console."""
+    from IPython.core import page
+    page.page(gui_reference, auto_html=True)
+
diff --git a/IPython/zmq/zmqshell.py b/IPython/zmq/zmqshell.py
index ca21445..6f396f7 100644
--- a/IPython/zmq/zmqshell.py
+++ b/IPython/zmq/zmqshell.py
@@ -362,17 +362,6 @@ class KernelMagics(Magics):
             page.page(self.shell.getoutput('man %s | col -b' % arg_s,
                                            split=False))
 
-    # FIXME: this is specific to the GUI, so we should let the gui app load
-    # magics at startup that are only for the gui.  Once the gui app has proper
-    # profile and configuration management, we can have it initialize a kernel
-    # with a special config file that provides these.
-    
-    @line_magic
-    def guiref(self, arg_s):
-        """Show a basic reference about the GUI console."""
-        from IPython.core.usage import gui_reference
-        page.page(gui_reference, auto_html=True)
-    
     @line_magic
     def connect_info(self, arg_s):
         """Print information for connecting other clients to this kernel