diff --git a/go/cmd/internal/docgen/docgen.go b/go/cmd/internal/docgen/docgen.go
index 13b55810a36..13da886b318 100644
--- a/go/cmd/internal/docgen/docgen.go
+++ b/go/cmd/internal/docgen/docgen.go
@@ -172,10 +172,7 @@ func restructure(rootDir string, dir string, name string, commands []*cobra.Comm
 			}
 			f := filepath.Join(dir, fullCmdFilename+".md")
 			if _, err := os.Stat(f); err != nil {
-				if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
-					continue
-				}
-				return fmt.Errorf("failed to get file info for %s: %w", f, err)
+				continue
 			}
 			if err := anonymizeHomedir(f); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to anonymize homedir in help text for command %s: %w", f, err)