diff --git a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
index b6e57d52e62..662ef541c7b 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/Essentials.java
@@ -145,8 +145,17 @@
 import org.bukkit.scheduler.BukkitTask;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.io.IOException;import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.MissingResourceException;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
diff --git a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commandhelp.java b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commandhelp.java
index 9e13ca8d6cb..2df0eb13f38 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commandhelp.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/commands/Commandhelp.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.MissingResourceException;
 
 public class Commandhelp extends EssentialsCommand {
     public Commandhelp() {
@@ -41,7 +42,13 @@ protected void run(final Server server, final User user, final String commandLab
                         final boolean isEssCommand = bukkit instanceof PluginIdentifiableCommand && ((PluginIdentifiableCommand) bukkit).getPlugin().equals(ess);
                         final IEssentialsCommand essCommand = isEssCommand ? ess.getCommandMap().get(bukkit.getName()) : null;
                         user.sendTl("commandHelpLine1", cmd);
-                        user.sendTl("commandHelpLine2", essCommand == null ? bukkit.getDescription() : user.playerTl(bukkit.getName() + "CommandDescription"));
+                        String description = bukkit.getDescription();
+                        if (essCommand != null) {
+                            try {
+                                description = user.playerTl(bukkit.getName() + "CommandDescription");
+                            } catch (MissingResourceException ignored) {}
+                        }
+                        user.sendTl("commandHelpLine2", description);
                         user.sendTl("commandHelpLine4", bukkit.getAliases().toString());
                         user.sendTl("commandHelpLine3");
                         if (essCommand != null && !essCommand.getUsageStrings().isEmpty()) {