diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Help/HelpBuilderTests.Customization.cs b/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Help/HelpBuilderTests.Customization.cs
index c3d73d818f..3194811959 100644
--- a/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Help/HelpBuilderTests.Customization.cs
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Help/HelpBuilderTests.Customization.cs
@@ -466,7 +466,6 @@ public void Help_default_sections_can_be_wrapped()
             command.Parse("test -h").Invoke(new() { Output = output });
 
             output.ToString().Should().Be(
-                $"Description:{NewLine}{NewLine}" +
                 $"Usage:{NewLine}  test [options]{NewLine}{NewLine}" +
                 $"Options:{NewLine}" +
                 $"  --option   option {NewLine}" +
@@ -534,4 +533,4 @@ private string GetDefaultHelp(Command command, bool trimOneNewline = true)
             return output;
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Help/HelpBuilderTests.cs b/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Help/HelpBuilderTests.cs
index 019c4b7e3b..5ce59c46cd 100644
--- a/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Help/HelpBuilderTests.cs
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Help/HelpBuilderTests.cs
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ public void Synopsis_section_properly_wraps_description()
             _console.ToString().Should().Contain(expected);
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("")]
+        [InlineData(" ")]
+        [InlineData(null)]
+        public void Synopsis_section_is_omitted_when_description_is_empty(string? description)
+        {
+            var command = new Command("the-command", description);
+
+            _helpBuilder.Write(command, _console);
+
+            _console.ToString().Should().NotContain("Description:");
+            _console.ToString().Should().Contain("Usage:");
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Command_name_in_synopsis_can_be_specified()
         {
diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Utility/AssertionExtensions.cs b/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Utility/AssertionExtensions.cs
index 74dcc77879..babf3f5a31 100644
--- a/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Utility/AssertionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine.Tests/Utility/AssertionExtensions.cs
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ public static AndConstraint<StringCollectionAssertions<IEnumerable<string>>> BeE
         return assertions.BeEquivalentTo(expectedValues, c => c.WithStrictOrderingFor(s => s));
     }
 
-    public static AndConstraint<StringAssertions> ShowHelp(this StringAssertions output) => 
-        output.Subject.Should().Match("*Description:*Usage:*");
+    public static AndConstraint<StringAssertions> ShowHelp(this StringAssertions output) =>
+        output.Subject.Should().Contain("Usage:");
 
-    public static AndConstraint<StringAssertions> NotShowHelp(this StringAssertions output) => 
-        output.Subject.Should().NotMatch("*Description:*Usage:*");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    public static AndConstraint<StringAssertions> NotShowHelp(this StringAssertions output) =>
+        output.Subject.Should().NotContain("Usage:");
+}
diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine/Help/HelpBuilder.Default.cs b/src/System.CommandLine/Help/HelpBuilder.Default.cs
index 00364784dd..986d33ecb7 100644
--- a/src/System.CommandLine/Help/HelpBuilder.Default.cs
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine/Help/HelpBuilder.Default.cs
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ public static IEnumerable<Func<HelpContext, bool>> GetLayout()
         public static Func<HelpContext, bool> SynopsisSection() =>
             ctx =>
             {
+                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ctx.Command.Description))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
                 ctx.HelpBuilder.WriteHeading(LocalizationResources.HelpDescriptionTitle(), ctx.Command.Description, ctx.Output);
                 return true;
             };