diff --git a/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py b/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py
index b932747b4..a592ad42f 100644
--- a/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Factoids/plugin.py
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ class Factoids(callbacks.Plugin, plugins.ChannelDBHandler):
         else:
             irc.error("This key-factoid relationship already exists.")
         
-    learn = wrap(learn, ['factoid'])
+    learn = wrap(learn, ['factoid'], checkDoc=False)
     learn._fake__doc__ = _("""[<channel>] <key> %s <value>
 
                          Associates <key> with <value>.  <channel> is only
diff --git a/src/commands.py b/src/commands.py
index 0886f5857..d0924fbb7 100644
--- a/src/commands.py
+++ b/src/commands.py
@@ -1038,9 +1038,9 @@ class Spec(object):
             raise callbacks.ArgumentError
         return state
 
-def _wrap(f, specList=[], name=None, **kw):
+def _wrap(f, specList=[], name=None, checkDoc=True, **kw):
     name = name or f.func_name
-    assert hasattr(f, '__doc__') and f.__doc__, \
+    assert (not checkDoc) or (hasattr(f, '__doc__') and f.__doc__), \
                 'Command %r has no docstring.' % name
     f = internationalizeDocstring(f)
     spec = Spec(specList, **kw)