| Index: subcommand.py | 
| diff --git a/subcommand.py b/subcommand.py | 
| index 0b0fa6e30206d9495c004420aede869b8922f685..b6f8e5cd5f348cd8cf515951c543507435dc58fb 100644 | 
| --- a/subcommand.py | 
| +++ b/subcommand.py | 
| @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class CommandDispatcher(object): | 
| rest = textwrap.dedent('\n'.join(lines[1:])) | 
| parser.description = '\n'.join((lines[0], rest)) | 
| else: | 
| -        parser.description = lines[0] | 
| +        parser.description = lines[0] if lines else '' | 
| if parser.description: | 
| parser.description += '\n' | 
| parser.epilog = getattr(command, 'epilog', None) | 
|  |