diff --git a/core/autoload/help.el b/core/autoload/help.el
index baab4be61..1f2274216 100644
--- a/core/autoload/help.el
+++ b/core/autoload/help.el
@@ -632,9 +632,7 @@ config blocks in your private config."
   (unless (executable-find "rg")
     (user-error "Can't find ripgrep on your system"))
   (if (fboundp 'counsel-rg)
-      (let ((counsel-rg-base-command
-             (concat counsel-rg-base-command " "
-                     (mapconcat #'shell-quote-argument dirs " "))))
+      (let ((counsel-rg-base-command (append counsel-rg-base-command dirs)))
         (counsel-rg query nil "-Lz" prompt))
     ;; TODO Add helm support?
     (grep-find