diff --git a/.changeset/good-turtles-perform.md b/.changeset/good-turtles-perform.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e6a1c50e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/good-turtles-perform.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-env": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+`pnpm env` should print help.
diff --git a/env/plugin-commands-env/src/env.ts b/env/plugin-commands-env/src/env.ts
index f2ddea9f0d..66283ff836 100644
--- a/env/plugin-commands-env/src/env.ts
+++ b/env/plugin-commands-env/src/env.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ export function help () {
 
 export async function handler (opts: NvmNodeCommandOptions, params: string[]) {
   if (params.length === 0) {
-    throw new PnpmError('ENV_NO_SUBCOMMAND', 'Please specify the subcommand')
+    throw new PnpmError('ENV_NO_SUBCOMMAND', 'Please specify the subcommand', {
+      hint: help(),
+    })
   }
   switch (params[0]) {
   case 'use': {