diff --git a/lib/puppet/application/help.rb b/lib/puppet/application/help.rb
index b3666f12d..fd8818db0 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/application/help.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/application/help.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 require 'puppet/application/faces_base'
 
 class Puppet::Application::Help < Puppet::Application::FacesBase
-  def render(result)
-    result.join("\n")
-  end
+  # Meh.  Disable the default behaviour, which is to inspect the
+  # string and return that – not so helpful. --daniel 2011-04-11
+  def render(result) result end
 end