diff --git a/pkg/cmd/actions/actions.go b/pkg/cmd/actions/actions.go
index dd731d0ce..7880a9a6c 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/actions/actions.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/actions/actions.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package actions
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmdutil"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/iostreams"
@@ -14,11 +16,16 @@ func NewCmdActions(f *cmdutil.Factory) *cobra.Command {
 		Use:   "actions",
 		Short: "Learn about working with GitHub actions",
 		Long:  actionsExplainer(cs),
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			fmt.Fprintln(f.IOStreams.Out, actionsExplainer(cs))
+		},
 		Annotations: map[string]string{
 			"IsActions": "true",
 		},
 	}
 
+	cmdutil.DisableAuthCheck(cmd)
+
 	return cmd
 }