diff --git a/lib/helpers.bash b/lib/helpers.bash
index fd0fdd1f..0184455e 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.bash
+++ b/lib/helpers.bash
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ _bash-it-describe ()
         else
             enabled=' '
         fi
-        printf "%-20s%-10s%s\n" "$(basename $f | cut -d'.' -f1)" "  [$enabled]" "$(cat $f | metafor about-$file_type)"
+        printf "%-20s%-10s%s\n" "$(basename $f | sed -e 's/\(.*\)\..*\.bash/\1/g')" "  [$enabled]" "$(cat $f | metafor about-$file_type)"
     done
     printf '\n%s\n' "to enable $preposition $file_type, do:"
     printf '%s\n' "$ bash-it enable $file_type  <$file_type name> [$file_type name]... -or- $ bash-it enable $file_type all"
diff --git a/test/lib/helpers.bats b/test/lib/helpers.bats
index b41ef636..00b13b3a 100644
--- a/test/lib/helpers.bats
+++ b/test/lib/helpers.bats
@@ -233,3 +233,8 @@ function local_setup {
 
   _bash-it-plugins | grep "nvm" | grep "\[x\]"
 }
+
+@test "bash-it: describe the todo.txt-cli aliases without enabling them" {
+  run _bash-it-aliases
+  assert_line "todo.txt-cli          [ ]     todo.txt-cli abbreviations"
+}