diff --git a/graph/ui-project-details/src/lib/target-configuration-details/target-configuration-details.tsx b/graph/ui-project-details/src/lib/target-configuration-details/target-configuration-details.tsx
index 1f8d1e195b76f..640708eb3a6e9 100644
--- a/graph/ui-project-details/src/lib/target-configuration-details/target-configuration-details.tsx
+++ b/graph/ui-project-details/src/lib/target-configuration-details/target-configuration-details.tsx
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ export default function TargetConfigurationDetails({
     getDisplayHeaderFromTargetConfiguration(targetConfiguration);
   const configurations = targetConfiguration.configurations;
 
-  const shouldRenderOptions =
+  const shouldRenderOptions: boolean =
     options &&
-    (typeof options === 'object' ? Object.keys(options).length : true);
+    (typeof options === 'object' ? Object.keys(options).length > 0 : true);
 
   const shouldRenderConfigurations =
     configurations &&
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export default function TargetConfigurationDetails({
             </div>
           )}
 
-          {shouldRenderOptions ? (
+          {shouldRenderOptions || targetConfiguration.metadata?.help ? (
             <>
               <h4 className="mb-4">
                 <Tooltip
@@ -149,32 +149,34 @@ export default function TargetConfigurationDetails({
                   </span>
                 </Tooltip>
               </h4>
-              <div className="mb-4">
-                <FadingCollapsible>
-                  <JsonCodeBlock
-                    data={options}
-                    copyTooltipText="Copy Options"
-                    renderSource={(propertyName: string) => (
-                      <TargetSourceInfo
-                        className="flex min-w-0 pl-4"
-                        propertyKey={`targets.${targetName}.options.${propertyName}`}
-                        sourceMap={sourceMap}
-                      />
-                    )}
+              {shouldRenderOptions ? (
+                <div className="mb-4">
+                  <FadingCollapsible>
+                    <JsonCodeBlock
+                      data={options}
+                      copyTooltipText="Copy Options"
+                      renderSource={(propertyName: string) => (
+                        <TargetSourceInfo
+                          className="flex min-w-0 pl-4"
+                          propertyKey={`targets.${targetName}.options.${propertyName}`}
+                          sourceMap={sourceMap}
+                        />
+                      )}
+                    />
+                  </FadingCollapsible>
+                </div>
+              ) : null}
+              {targetConfiguration.metadata?.help && (
+                <div className="mb-4">
+                  <ShowOptionsHelp
+                    targetConfiguration={targetConfiguration}
+                    projectName={projectName}
+                    targetName={targetName}
                   />
-                </FadingCollapsible>
-              </div>
-              <div className="mb-4">
-                <ShowOptionsHelp
-                  targetConfiguration={targetConfiguration}
-                  projectName={projectName}
-                  targetName={targetName}
-                />
-              </div>
+                </div>
+              )}
             </>
-          ) : (
-            ''
-          )}
+          ) : null}
 
           {targetConfiguration.inputs && (
             <div className="group">
diff --git a/packages/gradle/src/plugin/nodes.spec.ts b/packages/gradle/src/plugin/nodes.spec.ts
index 609e4cb67b0ef..b6d19b43e83a9 100644
--- a/packages/gradle/src/plugin/nodes.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/gradle/src/plugin/nodes.spec.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ describe('@nx/gradle/plugin', () => {
                       "^production",
                     ],
                     "metadata": {
+                      "help": {
+                        "command": "./gradlew help --task proj:test",
+                        "example": {
+                          "options": {
+                            "args": [
+                              "--rerun",
+                            ],
+                          },
+                        },
+                      },
                       "technologies": [
                         "gradle",
                       ],
@@ -168,6 +178,16 @@ describe('@nx/gradle/plugin', () => {
                       "^production",
                     ],
                     "metadata": {
+                      "help": {
+                        "command": "./gradlew help --task proj:test",
+                        "example": {
+                          "options": {
+                            "args": [
+                              "--rerun",
+                            ],
+                          },
+                        },
+                      },
                       "technologies": [
                         "gradle",
                       ],
@@ -256,6 +276,16 @@ describe('@nx/gradle/plugin', () => {
                       "^production",
                     ],
                     "metadata": {
+                      "help": {
+                        "command": "./gradlew help --task proj:test",
+                        "example": {
+                          "options": {
+                            "args": [
+                              "--rerun",
+                            ],
+                          },
+                        },
+                      },
                       "technologies": [
                         "gradle",
                       ],
@@ -282,6 +312,16 @@ describe('@nx/gradle/plugin', () => {
                     ],
                     "metadata": {
                       "description": "Runs Gradle Tests in CI",
+                      "help": {
+                        "command": "./gradlew help --task proj:test",
+                        "example": {
+                          "options": {
+                            "args": [
+                              "--rerun",
+                            ],
+                          },
+                        },
+                      },
                       "nonAtomizedTarget": "test",
                       "technologies": [
                         "gradle",
@@ -300,6 +340,16 @@ describe('@nx/gradle/plugin', () => {
                     ],
                     "metadata": {
                       "description": "Runs Gradle test nested/nested/proj/src/test/java/test/test.java in CI",
+                      "help": {
+                        "command": "./gradlew help --task proj:test",
+                        "example": {
+                          "options": {
+                            "args": [
+                              "--rerun",
+                            ],
+                          },
+                        },
+                      },
                       "technologies": [
                         "gradle",
                       ],
@@ -317,6 +367,16 @@ describe('@nx/gradle/plugin', () => {
                     ],
                     "metadata": {
                       "description": "Runs Gradle test nested/nested/proj/src/test/java/test/test1.java in CI",
+                      "help": {
+                        "command": "./gradlew help --task proj:test",
+                        "example": {
+                          "options": {
+                            "args": [
+                              "--rerun",
+                            ],
+                          },
+                        },
+                      },
                       "technologies": [
                         "gradle",
                       ],
diff --git a/packages/gradle/src/plugin/nodes.ts b/packages/gradle/src/plugin/nodes.ts
index a42bdd9ac0f5d..8abf3dc4212ff 100644
--- a/packages/gradle/src/plugin/nodes.ts
+++ b/packages/gradle/src/plugin/nodes.ts
@@ -275,6 +275,14 @@ async function createGradleTargets(
       dependsOn: dependsOnMap[task.name],
       metadata: {
         technologies: ['gradle'],
+        help: {
+          command: `${getGradleExecFile()} help --task ${taskCommandToRun}`,
+          example: {
+            options: {
+              args: ['--rerun'],
+            },
+          },
+        },
       },
       ...(outputs && outputs.length ? { outputs } : {}),
     };
@@ -335,6 +343,14 @@ function getTestCiTargets(
       metadata: {
         technologies: ['gradle'],
         description: `Runs Gradle test ${testFile} in CI`,
+        help: {
+          command: `${getGradleExecFile()} help --task ${taskCommandToRun}`,
+          example: {
+            options: {
+              args: ['--rerun'],
+            },
+          },
+        },
       },
       ...(outputs && outputs.length > 0 ? { outputs } : {}),
     };
@@ -356,6 +372,14 @@ function getTestCiTargets(
       technologies: ['gradle'],
       description: 'Runs Gradle Tests in CI',
       nonAtomizedTarget: testTargetName,
+      help: {
+        command: `${getGradleExecFile()} help --task ${taskCommandToRun}`,
+        example: {
+          options: {
+            args: ['--rerun'],
+          },
+        },
+      },
     },
   };
   targetGroups[targetGroupName].push(ciTargetName);
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/graph/graph.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/graph/graph.ts
index 6a9e04a3ec56c..9f994085e2fca 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/graph/graph.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/graph/graph.ts
@@ -1220,6 +1220,6 @@ function getHelpTextFromTarget(
     throw new Error(`No help command found for ${projectName}:${targetName}`);
 
   return execSync(command, {
-    cwd: join(workspaceRoot, project.data.root),
+    cwd: target.options?.cwd ?? workspaceRoot,
   }).toString();
 }