diff --git a/hosts b/hosts
index 952aaa7..004b37c 100755
--- a/hosts
+++ b/hosts
@@ -561,8 +561,10 @@ Description:
   Display help information for ${_ME} or a specified command.
 HEREDOC
 help() {
-  if [[ ${#_COMMAND_ARGV[@]} = 1 ]]
+  if [[ -n "${1:-}" ]]
   then
+    desc --get "${1}"
+  else
     cat <<HEREDOC
     __               __
    / /_  ____  _____/ /______
@@ -603,8 +605,6 @@ Help:
 
 $(commands)
 HEREDOC
-  else
-    desc --get "${1}"
   fi
 }