diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/help.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/help.rb
index 2700f78495..66d1ec8dac 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/help.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/help.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ require "help"
 module Homebrew
   module Cmd
     class HelpCmd < AbstractCommand
-      cmd_args { description "Print help information." }
-
       sig { override.void }
       def run
         Help.help
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/commands.rb b/Library/Homebrew/commands.rb
index 79fcb37dc7..2afbd84c6a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/commands.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/commands.rb
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ module Commands
 
     if (cmd_parser = Homebrew::CLI::Parser.from_cmd_path(path))
       if short
-        cmd_parser.description.split(DESCRIPTION_SPLITTING_PATTERN).first
+        cmd_parser.description&.split(DESCRIPTION_SPLITTING_PATTERN)&.first
       else
         cmd_parser.description
       end