diff --git a/openbb_terminal/economy/economy_controller.py b/openbb_terminal/economy/economy_controller.py
index b7411a1abaf..c2de753d052 100644
--- a/openbb_terminal/economy/economy_controller.py
+++ b/openbb_terminal/economy/economy_controller.py
@@ -1630,6 +1630,7 @@ class EconomyController(BaseController):
             type=str,
             nargs="+",
             dest="query",
+            required="-h" not in other_args,
             help="Query to evaluate on loaded datasets",
         )
         if other_args and "-" not in other_args[0][0]:
diff --git a/website/content/terminal/reference/economy/eval.md b/website/content/terminal/reference/economy/eval.md
index d9dce0b15ba..da96466aa7a 100644
--- a/website/content/terminal/reference/economy/eval.md
+++ b/website/content/terminal/reference/economy/eval.md
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ eval [-q QUERY [QUERY ...]]
 
 | Name | Description | Default | Optional | Choices |
 | ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- | ------- |
-| query | Query to evaluate on loaded datasets | None | True | None |
+| query | Query to evaluate on loaded datasets | None | False | None |
 
 ---