diff --git a/src/python/pants/help/help_info_extracter.py b/src/python/pants/help/help_info_extracter.py
index fe85a3b475c..6db023f47ca 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/help/help_info_extracter.py
+++ b/src/python/pants/help/help_info_extracter.py
@@ -838,25 +838,29 @@ def _extract_api_types() -> Iterator[tuple[type, str, tuple[type, ...]]]:
             ),
         )
 
-        def get_api_type_info(api_types: list[type]) -> PluginAPITypeInfo:
-            """
-            Gather the info from each of the types and aggregate it.
+        def get_api_type_info(api_types: list[type]):
+            """Gather the info from each of the types and aggregate it.
+
             The gathering is the expensive operation, and we can only aggregate once we've gathered.
             """
-            infos = [
-                PluginAPITypeInfo.create(
-                    api_type,
-                    rules,
-                    provider=type_graph[api_type]["providers"],
-                    dependencies=type_graph[api_type]["dependencies"],
-                    dependents=type_graph[api_type].get("dependents", ()),
-                    union_members=tuple(
-                        sorted(member.__qualname__ for member in union_membership.get(api_type))
-                    ),
-                )
-                for api_type in api_types
-            ]
-            return reduce(lambda x, y: x.merged_with(y), infos)
+
+            def load() -> PluginAPITypeInfo:
+                gatherered_infos = [
+                    PluginAPITypeInfo.create(
+                        api_type,
+                        rules,
+                        provider=type_graph[api_type]["providers"],
+                        dependencies=type_graph[api_type]["dependencies"],
+                        dependents=type_graph[api_type].get("dependents", ()),
+                        union_members=tuple(
+                            sorted(member.__qualname__ for member in union_membership.get(api_type))
+                        ),
+                    )
+                    for api_type in api_types
+                ]
+                return reduce(lambda x, y: x.merged_with(y), gatherered_infos)
+
+            return load
 
         # We want to provide a lazy dict so we don't spend so long doing the info gathering.
         # We provide a list of the types here, and the lookup function performs the gather and the aggregation
@@ -867,7 +871,7 @@ def get_api_type_info(api_types: list[type]) -> PluginAPITypeInfo:
             )
 
         infos: dict[str, Callable[[], PluginAPITypeInfo]] = {
-            k: lambda: get_api_type_info(v) for k, v in names_to_types.items()
+            k: get_api_type_info(v) for k, v in names_to_types.items()
         }
 
         return LazyFrozenDict(infos)
diff --git a/src/python/pants/help/help_info_extracter_test.py b/src/python/pants/help/help_info_extracter_test.py
index 7c3fab9de24..ff248b44a8c 100644
--- a/src/python/pants/help/help_info_extracter_test.py
+++ b/src/python/pants/help/help_info_extracter_test.py
@@ -531,21 +531,19 @@ def fake_consumed_scopes_mapper(scope: str) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
             },
         },
         "name_to_api_type_info": {
-            "pants.help.help_info_extracter_test.test_get_all_help_info.<locals>.Foo": {
-                "consumed_by_rules": (
-                    "pants.help.help_info_extracter_test.test_get_all_help_info.rule_info_test",
-                ),
-                "dependents": ("help_info_extracter_test",),
-                "dependencies": ("pants.option.scope",),
-                "documentation": None,
+            "pants.option.scope.Scope": {
+                "consumed_by_rules": (),
+                "dependents": (),
+                "dependencies": (),
+                "documentation": "An options scope.",
                 "is_union": False,
-                "module": "pants.help.help_info_extracter_test",
-                "name": "Foo",
-                "provider": ("help_info_extracter_test",),
-                "returned_by_rules": ("construct_scope_foo",),
+                "module": "pants.option.scope",
+                "name": "Scope",
+                "provider": ("pants.option.scope",),
+                "returned_by_rules": (),
                 "union_members": (),
                 "union_type": None,
-                "used_in_rules": (),
+                "used_in_rules": ("construct_scope_foo",),
             },
             "pants.engine.target.Target": {
                 "consumed_by_rules": (),
@@ -569,19 +567,21 @@ def fake_consumed_scopes_mapper(scope: str) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
                 "union_type": None,
                 "used_in_rules": (),
             },
-            "pants.option.scope.Scope": {
-                "consumed_by_rules": (),
-                "dependents": (),
-                "dependencies": (),
-                "documentation": "An options scope.",
+            "pants.help.help_info_extracter_test.test_get_all_help_info.<locals>.Foo": {
+                "consumed_by_rules": (
+                    "pants.help.help_info_extracter_test.test_get_all_help_info.rule_info_test",
+                ),
+                "dependents": ("help_info_extracter_test",),
+                "dependencies": ("pants.option.scope",),
+                "documentation": None,
                 "is_union": False,
-                "module": "pants.option.scope",
-                "name": "Scope",
-                "provider": ("pants.option.scope",),
-                "returned_by_rules": (),
+                "module": "pants.help.help_info_extracter_test",
+                "name": "test_get_all_help_info.<locals>.Foo",
+                "provider": ("help_info_extracter_test",),
+                "returned_by_rules": ("construct_scope_foo",),
                 "union_members": (),
                 "union_type": None,
-                "used_in_rules": ("construct_scope_foo",),
+                "used_in_rules": (),
             },
         },
         "name_to_backend_help_info": {