diff --git a/news/5872.bugfix.rst b/news/5872.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94cffb2bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/5872.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix regression that caused printing non-printable ascii characters  when help was called.
diff --git a/pipenv/cli/command.py b/pipenv/cli/command.py
index 3fdac10920..5e7d88a721 100644
--- a/pipenv/cli/command.py
+++ b/pipenv/cli/command.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def cli(
     # Check this again before exiting for empty ``pipenv`` command.
     elif ctx.invoked_subcommand is None:
         # Display help to user, if no commands were passed.
-        console.print(format_help(ctx.get_help()))
+        print(format_help(ctx.get_help()))
 
 
 @cli.command(
diff --git a/pipenv/utils/funktools.py b/pipenv/utils/funktools.py
index 4599445472..de5668b0ab 100644
--- a/pipenv/utils/funktools.py
+++ b/pipenv/utils/funktools.py
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ def unnest(elem: Iterable) -> Any:
         for el in target:
             if isinstance(el, Iterable) and not isinstance(el, str):
                 el, el_copy = tee(el, 2)
-                for sub in unnest(el_copy):
-                    yield sub
+                yield from unnest(el_copy)
             else:
                 yield el