Missing Help after Upgrading to Mountain Lion

I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion (10.8.2) yesterday, on my Mac Pro. 
Since then, every time I try to access help, it tells me:
The selected topic is currently unavailable
Make sure you’re connected to the Internet. For help connecting, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Network, and click “Assist me.”
If you’re connected to the Internet, and the content still doesn’t appear, try again later.
My Mac Pro is connected to the Internet.  I've tried again later a number of times yesterday and again today.
This has occurred for quite a few topics, such as Notes, Finder, etc.
What must I do to get Help content for Mountain Lion? 
Thanks!

I looked on my Snow Leopard system, and found the Mac Help in:
/Library/Documentation/Help/MacHelp.help/Contents/Resources/English.lproj
There are several directories under there that hold the individual documentation pages, such as pgs, pgs2.
There are no pgs* folders in that directory on my upgraded Mountain Lion system.
Does that mean that the documentation did not get installed during the installation?  If so, is there a way to install Help after the fact, or do I have to reinstall Mountain Lion?
Or, is the documentation installed elsewhere for Mountain Lion?

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