diff --git a/go/cmd/internal/docgen/docgen.go b/go/cmd/internal/docgen/docgen.go
index 0079ecee56c..f6c7e6b098d 100644
--- a/go/cmd/internal/docgen/docgen.go
+++ b/go/cmd/internal/docgen/docgen.go
@@ -171,12 +171,7 @@ func restructure(rootDir string, dir string, name string, commands []*cobra.Comm
 				continue
 			}
 			f := filepath.Join(dir, fullCmdFilename+".md")
-			if _, err := os.Stat(f); err != nil {
-				continue
-			}
-			if err := anonymizeHomedir(f); err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to anonymize homedir in help text for command %s: %w", f, err)
-			}
+			_ = anonymizeHomedir(f) // it is possible that the file does not exist, so we ignore the error
 			continue
 		}
 	}