diff --git a/src/misc.cpp b/src/misc.cpp
index 44d4cdc91..13fe8b015 100644
--- a/src/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/misc.cpp
@@ -340,22 +340,24 @@ void ExampleWrapper::SendTo(CommandSource &source)
 			header = false;
 		}
 
+		const auto *trans_command = Language::Translate(source.nc, source.command.c_str());
+		const auto *trans_description = Language::Translate(source.nc, entry.description.c_str());
 		if (flexible)
 		{
-			source.Reply("\002%s%s%s\002: %s", source.command.c_str(), entry.example.empty() ? "" : " ",
-				entry.example.c_str(), entry.description.c_str());
+			source.Reply("\002%s%s%s\002: %s", source.command.c_str(), *trans_command ? " " : "",
+				trans_command, trans_description);
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			source.Reply(" ");
-			const auto full_example = Anope::Format("%s%s%s", source.command.c_str(),
-				entry.example.empty() ? "" : " ", entry.example.c_str());
+			const auto full_command = Anope::Format("%s%s%s", source.command.c_str(),
+				*trans_command ? " " : "", trans_command);
 
-			LineWrapper elw(Language::Translate(source.nc, full_example.c_str()), max_length - 2);
+			LineWrapper elw(full_command, max_length - 2);
 			for (Anope::string line; elw.GetLine(line); )
 				source.Reply("%s  \002%s\002", monospace, line.c_str());
 
-			LineWrapper dlw(Language::Translate(source.nc, entry.description.c_str()), max_length - 4);
+			LineWrapper dlw(trans_description, max_length - 4);
 			for (Anope::string line; dlw.GetLine(line); )
 				source.Reply("%s    %s", monospace, line.c_str());
 		}