diff --git a/native/src/base/argh.rs b/native/src/base/argh.rs
index 995e0aec6..016d7dc72 100644
--- a/native/src/base/argh.rs
+++ b/native/src/base/argh.rs
@@ -525,21 +525,15 @@ pub trait DynamicSubCommand: Sized {
 pub struct EarlyExit {
     /// The output to display to the user of the commandline tool.
     pub output: String,
-    /// Status of argument parsing.
-    ///
-    /// `Ok` if the command was parsed successfully and the early exit is due
-    /// to a flag like `--help` causing early exit with output.
-    ///
-    /// `Err` if the arguments were not successfully parsed.
-    // TODO replace with std::process::ExitCode when stable.
-    pub status: Result<(), ()>,
+    /// If the early exit is caused by help triggers.
+    pub is_help: bool,
 }
 
 impl From<String> for EarlyExit {
     fn from(err_msg: String) -> Self {
         Self {
             output: err_msg,
-            status: Err(()),
+            is_help: false,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -695,7 +689,6 @@ pub fn parse_struct_args(
     mut parse_options: ParseStructOptions<'_>,
     mut parse_positionals: ParseStructPositionals<'_>,
     mut parse_subcommand: Option<ParseStructSubCommand<'_>>,
-    help_func: &dyn Fn() -> String,
 ) -> Result<(), EarlyExit> {
     let mut help = false;
     let mut remaining_args = args;
@@ -738,8 +731,8 @@ pub fn parse_struct_args(
 
     if help {
         Err(EarlyExit {
-            output: help_func(),
-            status: Ok(()),
+            output: String::new(),
+            is_help: true,
         })
     } else {
         Ok(())
@@ -869,7 +862,7 @@ impl ParseStructPositionals<'_> {
         } else {
             Err(EarlyExit {
                 output: unrecognized_arg(arg),
-                status: Err(()),
+                is_help: false,
             })
         }
     }
diff --git a/native/src/base/derive/argh/mod.rs b/native/src/base/derive/argh/mod.rs
index 2ce71d87f..8b280add1 100644
--- a/native/src/base/derive/argh/mod.rs
+++ b/native/src/base/derive/argh/mod.rs
@@ -374,8 +374,6 @@ fn impl_from_args_struct_from_args<'a>(
 
     let help_triggers = get_help_triggers(type_attrs);
 
-    let help = quote! { String::new() };
-
     let method_impl = quote_spanned! { impl_span =>
         fn from_args(__cmd_name: &[&str], __args: &[&str])
             -> std::result::Result<Self, argh::EarlyExit>
@@ -405,7 +403,6 @@ fn impl_from_args_struct_from_args<'a>(
                     last_is_greedy: #last_positional_is_greedy,
                 },
                 #parse_subcommands,
-                &|| #help,
             )?;
 
             let mut #missing_requirements_ident = argh::MissingRequirements::default();
diff --git a/native/src/base/misc.rs b/native/src/base/misc.rs
index 0b770effa..92f4803c3 100644
--- a/native/src/base/misc.rs
+++ b/native/src/base/misc.rs
@@ -84,17 +84,16 @@ impl<T> EarlyExitExt<T> for Result<T, EarlyExit> {
     fn on_early_exit<F: FnOnce()>(self, print_help_msg: F) -> T {
         match self {
             Ok(t) => t,
-            Err(EarlyExit { output, status }) => match status {
-                Ok(_) => {
+            Err(EarlyExit { output, is_help }) => {
+                if is_help {
                     print_help_msg();
                     exit(0)
-                }
-                Err(_) => {
+                } else {
                     eprintln!("{output}");
                     print_help_msg();
                     exit(1)
                 }
-            },
+            }
         }
     }
 }