diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 10100cc4d..5c07d859b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ fixes:
 - chore: bump setuptools to 75.7.0 (#1709)
 - chore: bump pyOpenSSL to 24.3.0 (#1710)
 - chore: bump jinja2 to 3.1.5 and requests to 2.32.0 (#1714)
+- Fix: situationally broken apropos command (#1711)
+
 
 v6.2.0 (2024-01-01)
 -------------------
diff --git a/errbot/core_plugins/help.py b/errbot/core_plugins/help.py
index 633e4504d..cd45729b7 100644
--- a/errbot/core_plugins/help.py
+++ b/errbot/core_plugins/help.py
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ def is_git_directory(self, path="."):
 
         return tags.pop(-1) if tags is not None else None
 
+    def may_access_command(self, m, cmd):
+        m, _, _ = self._bot._process_command_filters(
+            msg=m, cmd=cmd, args=None, dry_run=True
+        )
+        return m is not None
+
     # noinspection PyUnusedLocal
     @botcmd(template="about")
     def about(self, msg, args):
@@ -52,7 +58,7 @@ def apropos(self, msg, args):
             commands = cls_commands.get(cls, [])
             if (
                 not self.bot_config.HIDE_RESTRICTED_COMMANDS
-                or self._bot.check_command_access(msg, name)[0]
+                or self.may_access_command(msg, name)
             ):
                 commands.append((name, command))
                 cls_commands[cls] = commands
@@ -86,15 +92,6 @@ def help(self, msg, args):
         """Returns a help string listing available options.
         Automatically assigned to the "help" command."""
 
-        def may_access_command(m, cmd):
-            m, _, _ = self._bot._process_command_filters(
-                msg=m, cmd=cmd, args=None, dry_run=True
-            )
-            return m is not None
-
-        def get_name(named):
-            return named.__name__.lower()
-
         # Normalize args to lowercase for ease of use
         args = args.lower() if args else ""
         usage = ""
@@ -105,8 +102,9 @@ def get_name(named):
             cls = self._bot.get_plugin_class_from_method(command)
             obj = command.__self__
             _, commands = cls_obj_commands.get(cls, (None, []))
-            if not self.bot_config.HIDE_RESTRICTED_COMMANDS or may_access_command(
-                msg, name
+            if (
+                not self.bot_config.HIDE_RESTRICTED_COMMANDS
+                or self.may_access_command(msg, name)
             ):
                 commands.append((name, command))
                 cls_obj_commands[cls] = (obj, commands)
@@ -163,7 +161,7 @@ def get_name(named):
                         if command._err_command_hidden:
                             continue
 
-                        if not may_access_command(msg, name):
+                        if not self.may_access_command(msg, name):
                             continue
                     pairs.append((name, command))