Use short_help if help is absent

click-contrib · Mar 21, 2018 · 7ce2b04 · 7ce2b04
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commit 7ce2b04
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/sphinx_click/ext.py b/sphinx_click/ext.py
@@ -66,11 +66,12 @@ def _format_description(ctx):
     We parse this as reStructuredText, allowing users to embed rich
     information in their help messages if they so choose.
     """
-    if not ctx.command.help:
+    help_string = ctx.command.help or ctx.command.short_help
+    if not help_string:
         return
 
     for line in statemachine.string2lines(
-            ctx.command.help, tab_width=4, convert_whitespace=True):
+            help_string, tab_width=4, convert_whitespace=True):
         yield line
     yield ''