diff --git a/src/help/command.ts b/src/help/command.ts
index 81969ae4..787b49e9 100644
--- a/src/help/command.ts
+++ b/src/help/command.ts
@@ -156,20 +156,18 @@ export class CommandHelp extends HelpFormatter {
     const cmd = this.command
 
     let description: string[] | undefined
-
     if (this.opts.hideCommandSummaryInDescription) {
       description = (cmd.description || '').split(POSSIBLE_LINE_FEED).slice(1)
     } else if (cmd.description) {
-      description = [
-        ...(cmd.summary || '').split(POSSIBLE_LINE_FEED),
+      const summary = cmd.summary ? `${cmd.summary}\n` : null
+      description = summary ? [
+        ...summary.split(POSSIBLE_LINE_FEED),
         ...(cmd.description || '').split(POSSIBLE_LINE_FEED),
-      ]
+      ] : (cmd.description || '').split(POSSIBLE_LINE_FEED)
     }
 
     if (description) {
-      // Lines separated with only one newline or more than 2 can be hard to read in the terminal.
-      // Always separate by two newlines.
-      return this.wrap(compact(description).join('\n\n'))
+      return this.wrap(description.join('\n'))
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/help/format-command.test.ts b/test/help/format-command.test.ts
index d208d87a..53ff6a57 100644
--- a/test/help/format-command.test.ts
+++ b/test/help/format-command.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe('formatCommand', () => {
       static aliases = ['app:init', 'create']
 
       static description = `first line
+
 multiline help`
 
       static enableJsonFlag = true
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
     .commandHelp(class extends Command {
         static id = 'apps:create'
 
-        static description = 'description of apps:create\nthese values are after and will show up in the command description'
+        static description = 'description of apps:create\n\nthese values are after and will show up in the command description'
 
         static aliases = ['app:init', 'create']
 
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ ALIASES
     .commandHelp(class extends Command {
         static id = 'apps:create'
 
-        static description = 'root part of the description\nThe <%= config.bin %> CLI has <%= command.id %>'
+        static description = 'root part of the description\n\nThe <%= config.bin %> CLI has <%= command.id %>'
 
         static disableJsonFlag = true
     })
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
     .commandHelp(class extends Command {
         static id = 'apps:create'
 
-        static description = 'root part of the description\r\nusing both carriage \nreturn and new line'
+        static description = 'root part of the description\r\n\nusing both carriage \n\nreturn and new line'
 
         static disableJsonFlag = true
     })