diff --git a/command.go b/command.go
index 9d48270f..ae3930df 100644
--- a/command.go
+++ b/command.go
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ Flags:
 Global Flags:
 {{.InheritedFlags.FlagUsages | trimRightSpace}}{{end}}{{if .HasHelpSubCommands}}
 
-Additional help topics:{{range .Commands}}{{if .IsHelpCommand}}
+Additional help topics:{{range .Commands}}{{if .IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand}}
   {{rpad .CommandPath .CommandPathPadding}} {{.Short}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{if .HasAvailableSubCommands}}
 
 Use "{{.CommandPath}} [command] --help" for more information about a command.{{end}}
@@ -1021,11 +1021,12 @@ func (c *Command) IsAvailableCommand() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// IsHelpCommand determines if a command is a 'help' command; a help command is
-// determined by the fact that it is NOT runnable/hidden/deprecated, and has no
-// sub commands that are runnable/hidden/deprecated.
-func (c *Command) IsHelpCommand() bool {
-
+// IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand determines if a command is an additional
+// help topic command; additional help topic command is determined by the
+// fact that it is NOT runnable/hidden/deprecated, and has no sub commands that
+// are runnable/hidden/deprecated.
+// Concrete example: https://github.com/spf13/cobra/issues/393#issuecomment-282741924.
+func (c *Command) IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand() bool {
 	// if a command is runnable, deprecated, or hidden it is not a 'help' command
 	if c.Runnable() || len(c.Deprecated) != 0 || c.Hidden {
 		return false
@@ -1033,7 +1034,7 @@ func (c *Command) IsHelpCommand() bool {
 
 	// if any non-help sub commands are found, the command is not a 'help' command
 	for _, sub := range c.commands {
-		if !sub.IsHelpCommand() {
+		if !sub.IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand() {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
@@ -1046,10 +1047,9 @@ func (c *Command) IsHelpCommand() bool {
 // that need to be shown in the usage/help default template under 'additional help
 // topics'.
 func (c *Command) HasHelpSubCommands() bool {
-
 	// return true on the first found available 'help' sub command
 	for _, sub := range c.commands {
-		if sub.IsHelpCommand() {
+		if sub.IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand() {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
@@ -1061,7 +1061,6 @@ func (c *Command) HasHelpSubCommands() bool {
 // HasAvailableSubCommands determines if a command has available sub commands that
 // need to be shown in the usage/help default template under 'available commands'.
 func (c *Command) HasAvailableSubCommands() bool {
-
 	// return true on the first found available (non deprecated/help/hidden)
 	// sub command
 	for _, sub := range c.commands {
diff --git a/doc/man_docs.go b/doc/man_docs.go
index fd7107c4..b9266c36 100644
--- a/doc/man_docs.go
+++ b/doc/man_docs.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func GenManTreeFromOpts(cmd *cobra.Command, opts GenManTreeOptions) error {
 		header = &GenManHeader{}
 	}
 	for _, c := range cmd.Commands() {
-		if !c.IsAvailableCommand() || c.IsHelpCommand() {
+		if !c.IsAvailableCommand() || c.IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand() {
 			continue
 		}
 		if err := GenManTreeFromOpts(c, opts); err != nil {
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func genMan(cmd *cobra.Command, header *GenManHeader) []byte {
 		children := cmd.Commands()
 		sort.Sort(byName(children))
 		for _, c := range children {
-			if !c.IsAvailableCommand() || c.IsHelpCommand() {
+			if !c.IsAvailableCommand() || c.IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand() {
 				continue
 			}
 			seealso := fmt.Sprintf("**%s-%s(%s)**", dashCommandName, c.Name(), header.Section)
diff --git a/doc/md_docs.go b/doc/md_docs.go
index fa136318..8d159c1d 100644
--- a/doc/md_docs.go
+++ b/doc/md_docs.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func GenMarkdownCustom(cmd *cobra.Command, w io.Writer, linkHandler func(string)
 		sort.Sort(byName(children))
 
 		for _, child := range children {
-			if !child.IsAvailableCommand() || child.IsHelpCommand() {
+			if !child.IsAvailableCommand() || child.IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand() {
 				continue
 			}
 			cname := name + " " + child.Name()
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func GenMarkdownTree(cmd *cobra.Command, dir string) error {
 
 func GenMarkdownTreeCustom(cmd *cobra.Command, dir string, filePrepender, linkHandler func(string) string) error {
 	for _, c := range cmd.Commands() {
-		if !c.IsAvailableCommand() || c.IsHelpCommand() {
+		if !c.IsAvailableCommand() || c.IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand() {
 			continue
 		}
 		if err := GenMarkdownTreeCustom(c, dir, filePrepender, linkHandler); err != nil {
diff --git a/doc/util.go b/doc/util.go
index a7d2765a..8d3dbece 100644
--- a/doc/util.go
+++ b/doc/util.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func hasSeeAlso(cmd *cobra.Command) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 	for _, c := range cmd.Commands() {
-		if !c.IsAvailableCommand() || c.IsHelpCommand() {
+		if !c.IsAvailableCommand() || c.IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand() {
 			continue
 		}
 		return true
diff --git a/doc/yaml_docs.go b/doc/yaml_docs.go
index 75474d29..ac8db89e 100644
--- a/doc/yaml_docs.go
+++ b/doc/yaml_docs.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func GenYamlTree(cmd *cobra.Command, dir string) error {
 // GenYamlTreeCustom creates yaml structured ref files
 func GenYamlTreeCustom(cmd *cobra.Command, dir string, filePrepender, linkHandler func(string) string) error {
 	for _, c := range cmd.Commands() {
-		if !c.IsAvailableCommand() || c.IsHelpCommand() {
+		if !c.IsAvailableCommand() || c.IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand() {
 			continue
 		}
 		if err := GenYamlTreeCustom(c, dir, filePrepender, linkHandler); err != nil {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func GenYamlCustom(cmd *cobra.Command, w io.Writer, linkHandler func(string) str
 		children := cmd.Commands()
 		sort.Sort(byName(children))
 		for _, child := range children {
-			if !child.IsAvailableCommand() || child.IsHelpCommand() {
+			if !child.IsAvailableCommand() || child.IsAdditionalHelpTopicCommand() {
 				continue
 			}
 			result = append(result, child.Name()+" - "+child.Short)