diff --git a/tools/gardening/bin/summary.dart b/tools/gardening/bin/summary.dart
index ac4d9b063b1..6febcddb8da 100644
--- a/tools/gardening/bin/summary.dart
+++ b/tools/gardening/bin/summary.dart
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ main(List<String> args) async {
   ArgParser argParser = createArgParser();
   ArgResults argResults = argParser.parse(args);
   processArgResults(argResults);
-  if (argResults.rest.length == 0 || argResults['help']) {
+  if (argResults['help']) {
     help(argParser);
-    if (argResults['help']) return;
-    exit(1);
+    return;
   }
 
   var bot = new Bot(logdog: argResults['logdog']);