diff --git a/collector/src/main/java/io/prometheus/jmx/JmxCollector.java b/collector/src/main/java/io/prometheus/jmx/JmxCollector.java
index e49a3dc8..7758bd5f 100644
--- a/collector/src/main/java/io/prometheus/jmx/JmxCollector.java
+++ b/collector/src/main/java/io/prometheus/jmx/JmxCollector.java
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ public void recordBean(
 
         // Add to samples.
         LOGGER.fine("add metric sample: " + matchedRule.name + " " + matchedRule.labelNames + " " + matchedRule.labelValues + " " + value.doubleValue());
-        addSample(new MetricFamilySamples.Sample(matchedRule.name, matchedRule.labelNames, matchedRule.labelValues, value.doubleValue()), matchedRule.type, help);
+        addSample(new MetricFamilySamples.Sample(matchedRule.name, matchedRule.labelNames, matchedRule.labelValues, value.doubleValue()), matchedRule.type, matchedRule.help);
       }
 
     }
diff --git a/collector/src/test/java/io/prometheus/jmx/JmxCollectorTest.java b/collector/src/test/java/io/prometheus/jmx/JmxCollectorTest.java
index 7952fd55..bb0593a1 100644
--- a/collector/src/test/java/io/prometheus/jmx/JmxCollectorTest.java
+++ b/collector/src/test/java/io/prometheus/jmx/JmxCollectorTest.java
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
 
 import io.prometheus.client.Collector;
 import io.prometheus.client.CollectorRegistry;
+import io.prometheus.client.Collector.MetricFamilySamples;
+
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import javax.management.MBeanServer;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
@@ -284,4 +288,14 @@ public void testCachedBeansEnabled() throws Exception {
         assertTrue(registry.getSampleValue("jmx_scrape_cached_beans", new String[]{}, new String[]{}) > 0);
         assertEquals(4.0, registry.getSampleValue("foo", new String[]{}, new String[]{}), .001);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCachedBeansEnabledRetainsHelpAcrossCollections() throws Exception {
+        JmxCollector jc = new JmxCollector("\n---\nrules:\n- pattern: `.*`\n  name: foo\n  value: 1\n  valueFactor: 4\n  cache: true\n  help: help message".replace('`','"'))
+                .register(registry);
+        List<MetricFamilySamples> samples = jc.collect();
+        assertEquals("help message", samples.get(0).help);
+        samples = jc.collect();
+        assertEquals("help message", samples.get(0).help);
+    }
 }