diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 51feefad..37e94706 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -416,28 +416,28 @@ void addReplyStatusFormat(client *c, const char *fmt, ...) {
 
 /* Adds an empty object to the reply list that will contain the multi bulk
  * length, which is not known when this function is called. */
-void *addDeferredMultiBulkLength(client *c) {
+void *addReplyDeferredLen(client *c) {
     /* Note that we install the write event here even if the object is not
      * ready to be sent, since we are sure that before returning to the
-     * event loop setDeferredMultiBulkLength() will be called. */
+     * event loop setDeferredAggregateLen() will be called. */
     if (prepareClientToWrite(c) != C_OK) return NULL;
     listAddNodeTail(c->reply,NULL); /* NULL is our placeholder. */
     return listLast(c->reply);
 }
 
 /* Populate the length object and try gluing it to the next chunk. */
-void setDeferredMultiBulkLength(client *c, void *node, long length) {
+void setDeferredAggregateLen(client *c, void *node, long length, char prefix) {
     listNode *ln = (listNode*)node;
     clientReplyBlock *next;
     char lenstr[128];
-    size_t lenstr_len = sprintf(lenstr, "*%ld\r\n", length);
+    size_t lenstr_len = sprintf(lenstr, "%c%ld\r\n", prefix, length);
 
     /* Abort when *node is NULL: when the client should not accept writes
-     * we return NULL in addDeferredMultiBulkLength() */
+     * we return NULL in addReplyDeferredLen() */
     if (node == NULL) return;
     serverAssert(!listNodeValue(ln));
 
-    /* Normally we fill this dummy NULL node, added by addDeferredMultiBulkLength(),
+    /* Normally we fill this dummy NULL node, added by addReplyDeferredLen(),
      * with a new buffer structure containing the protocol needed to specify
      * the length of the array following. However sometimes when there is
      * little memory to move, we may instead remove this NULL node, and prefix
@@ -467,6 +467,30 @@ void setDeferredMultiBulkLength(client *c, void *node, long length) {
     asyncCloseClientOnOutputBufferLimitReached(c);
 }
 
+void setDeferredArrayLen(client *c, void *node, long length) {
+    setDeferredAggregateLen(c,node,length,'*');
+}
+
+void setDeferredMapLen(client *c, void *node, long length) {
+    setDeferredAggregateLen(c,node,length,'%');
+}
+
+void setDeferredSetLen(client *c, void *node, long length) {
+    setDeferredAggregateLen(c,node,length,'~');
+}
+
+void setDeferredAttributeLen(client *c, void *node, long length) {
+    setDeferredAggregateLen(c,node,length,'|');
+}
+
+void setDeferredPushLen(client *c, void *node, long length) {
+    setDeferredAggregateLen(c,node,length,'>');
+}
+
+void setDeferredHelloLen(client *c, void *node, long length) {
+    setDeferredAggregateLen(c,node,length,'@');
+}
+
 /* Add a double as a bulk reply */
 void addReplyDouble(client *c, double d) {
     if (isinf(d)) {
@@ -627,7 +651,7 @@ void addReplyBulkLongLong(client *c, long long ll) {
  * is terminated by NULL sentinel. */
 void addReplyHelp(client *c, const char **help) {
     sds cmd = sdsnew((char*) c->argv[0]->ptr);
-    void *blenp = addDeferredMultiBulkLength(c);
+    void *blenp = addReplyDeferredLen(c);
     int blen = 0;
 
     sdstoupper(cmd);
@@ -638,7 +662,7 @@ void addReplyHelp(client *c, const char **help) {
     while (help[blen]) addReplyStatus(c,help[blen++]);
 
     blen++;  /* Account for the header line(s). */
-    setDeferredMultiBulkLength(c,blenp,blen);
+    setDeferredArrayLen(c,blenp,blen);
 }
 
 /* Add a suggestive error reply.
diff --git a/src/server.h b/src/server.h
index da4c6d45..1ebccf46 100644
--- a/src/server.h
+++ b/src/server.h
@@ -1424,8 +1424,13 @@ void freeClient(client *c);
 void freeClientAsync(client *c);
 void resetClient(client *c);
 void sendReplyToClient(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask);
-void *addDeferredMultiBulkLength(client *c);
-void setDeferredMultiBulkLength(client *c, void *node, long length);
+void *addReplyDeferredLen(client *c);
+void setDeferredArrayLen(client *c, void *node, long length);
+void setDeferredMapLen(client *c, void *node, long length);
+void setDeferredSetLen(client *c, void *node, long length);
+void setDeferredAttributeLen(client *c, void *node, long length);
+void setDeferredPushLen(client *c, void *node, long length);
+void setDeferredHelloLen(client *c, void *node, long length);
 void processInputBuffer(client *c);
 void processInputBufferAndReplicate(client *c);
 void acceptHandler(aeEventLoop *el, int fd, void *privdata, int mask);