diff --git a/crates/nu-std/std/help/mod.nu b/crates/nu-std/std/help/mod.nu
index 86489fa188..570788d027 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/std/help/mod.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-std/std/help/mod.nu
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ def external-commands [
     let target_command = $command | str join " " | str replace "^" ""
     print $"(ansi default_italic)Help pages from external command ($target_command | pretty-cmd):(ansi reset)"
     if $env.NU_HELPER? == "--help" {
-        run-external ($target_command | split row " ") "--help"
+        run-external ($target_command | split row " ") "--help" | if $nu.os-info.name == "windows" { collect } else {}
     } else {
         ^($env.NU_HELPER? | default "man") $target_command
     }