diff --git a/Sources/ContainerCommands/Application.swift b/Sources/ContainerCommands/Application.swift
index 3d917c60..1cfc9b22 100644
--- a/Sources/ContainerCommands/Application.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContainerCommands/Application.swift
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ extension Application {
         let original = Application.helpMessage(for: Application.self)
         guard let pluginLoader else {
             print(addGroupSpacing(original))
-            print("\nPLUGINS: not available, run `container system start`")
+            print("\n[Warning] CLI plugins not available, run `container system start`")
             return
         }
         let altered = pluginLoader.alterCLIHelpText(original: original)
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ extension Application {
     private static func addGroupSpacing(_ text: String) -> String {
         text
             .replacingOccurrences(of: "\n([A-Z].+SUBCOMMANDS:)", with: "\n\n$1", options: .regularExpression)
-            .replacingOccurrences(of: "\nPLUGINS:", with: "\n\nPLUGINS:")
     }
 
     func isTranslated() throws -> Bool {
diff --git a/Sources/ContainerPlugin/PluginLoader.swift b/Sources/ContainerPlugin/PluginLoader.swift
index 7285efa8..3cda8fca 100644
--- a/Sources/ContainerPlugin/PluginLoader.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContainerPlugin/PluginLoader.swift
@@ -76,15 +76,23 @@ extension PluginLoader {
         }
 
         var lines = original.split(separator: "\n").map { String($0) }
+        let pluginLines = plugins.map { $0.helpText(padding: 24) }
 
-        let sectionHeader = "PLUGINS:"
-        lines.append(sectionHeader)
-
-        for plugin in plugins {
-            let helpText = plugin.helpText(padding: 24)
-            lines.append(helpText)
+        // List plugin CLI surfaces alongside the built-in "other" commands
+        // rather than under their own section, since from the user's
+        // perspective they're just more subcommands.
+        guard let otherHeaderIndex = lines.firstIndex(of: "OTHER SUBCOMMANDS:") else {
+            lines.append("OTHER SUBCOMMANDS:")
+            lines.append(contentsOf: pluginLines)
+            return lines.joined(separator: "\n")
         }
 
+        var insertionIndex = otherHeaderIndex + 1
+        while insertionIndex < lines.count, lines[insertionIndex].hasPrefix("  ") {
+            insertionIndex += 1
+        }
+        lines.insert(contentsOf: pluginLines, at: insertionIndex)
+
         return lines.joined(separator: "\n")
     }