diff --git a/lib/internal/main/print_help.js b/lib/internal/main/print_help.js
index de1ab43ce756b0..62269956be9faf 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/print_help.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/print_help.js
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ function format(
 
 function print(stream) {
   const { options, aliases } = getCLIOptionsInfo();
+  const console = require('internal/console/global');
 
   // Use 75 % of the available width, and at least 70 characters.
   const width = MathMax(70, (stream.columns || 0) * 0.75);
@@ -212,21 +213,22 @@ function print(stream) {
                                '(default if no file name is provided, ' +
                                'interactive mode if a tty)' });
   options.set('--', { helpText: 'indicate the end of node options' });
-  stream.write(
+  let helpText = (
     'Usage: node [options] [ script.js ] [arguments]\n' +
     '       node inspect [options] [ script.js | host:port ] [arguments]\n\n' +
     'Options:\n');
-  stream.write(indent(format({
+  helpText += (indent(format({
     options, aliases, firstColumn, secondColumn,
   }), 2));
 
-  stream.write('\nEnvironment variables:\n');
+  helpText += ('\nEnvironment variables:\n');
 
-  stream.write(format({
+  helpText += (format({
     options: envVars, firstColumn, secondColumn,
   }));
 
-  stream.write('\nDocumentation can be found at https://nodejs.org/\n');
+  helpText += ('\nDocumentation can be found at https://nodejs.org/');
+  console.log(helpText);
 }
 
 prepareMainThreadExecution();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-print-help.js b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-print-help.js
index 7e7c77f53e9657..8daf00278f8135 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-print-help.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-print-help.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ const common = require('../common');
 // returns the proper set of cli options when invoked
 
 const assert = require('assert');
-const { exec } = require('child_process');
+const { exec, spawn } = require('child_process');
+const { once } = require('events');
 let stdOut;
 
 
@@ -53,3 +54,13 @@ function testForSubstring(options) {
 }
 
 startPrintHelpTest();
+
+// Test closed stdout for `node --help`. Like `node --help | head -n5`.
+(async () => {
+  const cp = spawn(process.execPath, ['--help'], {
+    stdio: ['inherit', 'pipe', 'inherit'],
+  });
+  cp.stdout.destroy();
+  const [exitCode] = await once(cp, 'exit');
+  assert.strictEqual(exitCode, 0);
+})().then(common.mustCall());