diff --git a/SoftLayer/CLI/virt/placementgroup/__init__.py b/SoftLayer/CLI/virt/placementgroup/__init__.py
index 02d5da986..aa748a5b1 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/CLI/virt/placementgroup/__init__.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/CLI/virt/placementgroup/__init__.py
@@ -44,4 +44,3 @@ def get_command(self, ctx, cmd_name):
 @click.group(cls=PlacementGroupCommands, context_settings=CONTEXT)
 def cli():
     """Base command for all capacity related concerns"""
-    pass
diff --git a/SoftLayer/shell/cmd_help.py b/SoftLayer/shell/cmd_help.py
index eeceef068..2f548d75d 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/shell/cmd_help.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/shell/cmd_help.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ def cli(ctx, env):
     shell_commands = []
     for name in cli_core.cli.list_commands(ctx):
         command = cli_core.cli.get_command(ctx, name)
+        if command.short_help is None:
+            command.short_help = command.help
         details = (name, command.short_help)
         if name in dict(routes.ALL_ROUTES):
             shell_commands.append(details)
diff --git a/tests/CLI/modules/shell_tests.py b/tests/CLI/modules/shell_tests.py
index 5f4b82c03..bf71d7004 100644
--- a/tests/CLI/modules/shell_tests.py
+++ b/tests/CLI/modules/shell_tests.py
@@ -15,3 +15,13 @@ def test_shell_quit(self, prompt):
         prompt.return_value = "quit"
         result = self.run_command(['shell'])
         self.assertEqual(result.exit_code, 0)
+
+    @mock.patch('prompt_toolkit.shortcuts.prompt')
+    @mock.patch('shlex.split')
+    def test_shell_help(self, prompt, split):
+        split.side_effect = [(['help']), (['vs', 'list']), (False), (['quit'])]
+        prompt.return_value = "none"
+        result = self.run_command(['shell'])
+        if split.call_count is not 5:
+            raise Exception("Split not called correctly. Count: " + str(split.call_count))
+        self.assertEqual(result.exit_code, 1)