diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/isolated/DefaultProjectParser.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/isolated/DefaultProjectParser.java
index a18ae9509..9eafc9784 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/isolated/DefaultProjectParser.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/isolated/DefaultProjectParser.java
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ private List<NamedStyles> getStyles() {
     protected ResultsContainer listResults(ExecutionContext ctx) {
         Environment env = environment();
         Recipe recipe = env.activateRecipes(getActiveRecipes());
-        if (recipe.getRecipeList().isEmpty()) {
+        if (recipe.getName().equals("org.openrewrite.Recipe$Noop")) {
             logger.warn("No recipes were activated. Activate a recipe with rewrite.activeRecipe(\"com.fully.qualified.RecipeClassName\") in your build file, or on the command line with -DactiveRecipe=com.fully.qualified.RecipeClassName");
             return new ResultsContainer(baseDir, null);
         }
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/openrewrite/gradle/RewriteDryRunTest.kt b/plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/openrewrite/gradle/RewriteDryRunTest.kt
index a94ee7b6d..388f27168 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/openrewrite/gradle/RewriteDryRunTest.kt
+++ b/plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/openrewrite/gradle/RewriteDryRunTest.kt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class RewriteDryRunTest : RewritePluginTest {
             rewriteYaml("""
                 type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
                 name: org.openrewrite.gradle.SayHello
+                description: Test.
                 recipeList:
                   - org.openrewrite.java.ChangeMethodName:
                       methodPattern: org.openrewrite.before.HelloWorld sayGoodbye()
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/openrewrite/gradle/RewriteRunTest.kt b/plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/openrewrite/gradle/RewriteRunTest.kt
index 9d181e1a6..0b1083d03 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/openrewrite/gradle/RewriteRunTest.kt
+++ b/plugin/src/test/kotlin/org/openrewrite/gradle/RewriteRunTest.kt
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ class RewriteRunTest : RewritePluginTest {
                 type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
                 name: org.openrewrite.test.RemoveJacksonCore
                 displayName: Remove jackson-core
-                description: Remove jackson-core
+                description: Remove jackson-core.
                 recipeList:
                   - org.openrewrite.gradle.RemoveDependency:
                       groupId: com.fasterxml.jackson.core
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ class RewriteRunTest : RewritePluginTest {
                 type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
                 name: org.openrewrite.test.UpgradeJacksonCore
                 displayName: Remove jackson-core
-                description: Remove jackson-core
+                description: Remove jackson-core.
                 recipeList:
                   - org.openrewrite.gradle.UpgradeDependencyVersion:
                       groupId: com.fasterxml.jackson.core
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ class RewriteRunTest : RewritePluginTest {
                 type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
                 name: org.openrewrite.test.FindA
                 displayName: Rename build.gradle to build.gradle.kts
-                description: Rename build.gradle to build.gradle.kts
+                description: Rename build.gradle to build.gradle.kts.
                 recipeList:
                   - org.openrewrite.java.search.FindTypes:
                       fullyQualifiedTypeName: com.foo.A
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ class RewriteRunTest : RewritePluginTest {
                         type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
                         name: com.example.TextToSam
                         displayName: Changes contents of sam.txt
-                        description: Change contents of sam.txt to "sam"
+                        description: Change contents of sam.txt to "sam".
                         preconditions:
                           - org.openrewrite.FindSourceFiles:
                               filePattern: "**/sam.txt"
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ class RewriteRunTest : RewritePluginTest {
               type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
               name: org.openrewrite.Overlaps
               displayName: Find overlaps
-              description: Find lombok SneakyThrows annotation and duplicate source files
+              description: Find lombok SneakyThrows annotation and duplicate source files.
               recipeList:
                 - org.openrewrite.java.search.FindTypes:
                     fullyQualifiedTypeName: lombok.SneakyThrows
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ class RewriteRunTest : RewritePluginTest {
                 type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
                 name: com.test.DeleteYamlKey
                 displayName: Delete yaml
-                description: Delete yaml
+                description: Delete yaml.
                 recipeList:
                   - org.openrewrite.DeleteSourceFiles:
                       filePattern: "**/foo.yml"
@@ -1320,6 +1320,7 @@ class RewriteRunTest : RewritePluginTest {
             rewriteYaml("""
             type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
             name: org.openrewrite.gradle.FindDistributionUrl
+            description: Test.
             recipeList:
               - org.openrewrite.properties.search.FindProperties:
                   propertyKey: distributionUrl