diff --git a/e2e/tests-dfx/telemetry.bash b/e2e/tests-dfx/telemetry.bash
index 90b1f7ca6a..32bd6f5750 100755
--- a/e2e/tests-dfx/telemetry.bash
+++ b/e2e/tests-dfx/telemetry.bash
@@ -68,11 +68,15 @@ teardown() {
 }
 
 @test "telemetry reprocesses extension commands" {
-    local log
+    local log n
     log=$(dfx info telemetry-log-path)
     assert_command dfx extension install nns --version 0.3.1
     assert_command dfx nns import
-    assert_command jq -se 'last | .command == "extension run" and (.parameters | any(.name == "name"))' "$log"
+    assert_command jq -se 'last | .command == "extension run" and (.parameters | any(.name == "@extension_name" and .value == "nns"))' "$log"
+    n=$(jq -sr 'map(select(has("command"))) | length' "$log")
+    assert_command dfx nns help
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2016
+    assert_command jq -se '(map(select(has("command"))) | length) == $n' --argjson n "$n" "$log"
 }
 
 @test "concurrent commands do not corrupt the log file" {
diff --git a/src/dfx/src/commands/extension/run.rs b/src/dfx/src/commands/extension/run.rs
index e249df82a0..5f4e7cd64c 100644
--- a/src/dfx/src/commands/extension/run.rs
+++ b/src/dfx/src/commands/extension/run.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 use crate::lib::environment::Environment;
 use crate::lib::error::DfxResult;
+use crate::lib::telemetry::Telemetry;
 use clap::Parser;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 pub struct RunOpts {
     /// Specifies the name of the extension to run.
+    #[arg(id = "@extension_name", value_name = "NAME")]
     name: OsString,
     /// Specifies the parameters to pass to the extension.
     #[arg(allow_hyphen_values = true)]
@@ -23,6 +25,9 @@ impl From<Vec<OsString>> for RunOpts {
 }
 
 pub fn exec(env: &dyn Environment, opts: RunOpts) -> DfxResult<()> {
+    if opts.params.iter().any(|p| p == "--help" || p == "help") {
+        Telemetry::mark_current_command_likely_noise();
+    }
     let mgr = env.get_extension_manager();
     let project_root = env
         .get_config()?
diff --git a/src/dfx/src/lib/telemetry.rs b/src/dfx/src/lib/telemetry.rs
index d60ac376f8..2b45ce698e 100644
--- a/src/dfx/src/lib/telemetry.rs
+++ b/src/dfx/src/lib/telemetry.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ pub struct Telemetry {
     network_type: Option<NetworkType>,
     allowlisted_canisters: BTreeSet<Principal>,
     week: Option<String>,
+    skip: bool,
     publish: bool,
 }
 
@@ -239,6 +240,9 @@ impl Telemetry {
 
     pub fn append_current_command_timestamped(exit_code: i32) -> DfxResult<()> {
         try_with_telemetry(|telemetry| {
+            if telemetry.skip {
+                return Ok(());
+            }
             let reject = telemetry.last_reject.as_ref();
             let call_site = telemetry.last_operation.as_ref().map(|o| match o {
                 Operation::Call { method, canister } => {
@@ -272,6 +276,10 @@ impl Telemetry {
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn mark_current_command_likely_noise() {
+        with_telemetry(|t| t.skip = true);
+    }
+
     pub fn maybe_publish() -> DfxResult {
         try_with_telemetry(|telemetry| {
             if telemetry.publish && (Self::check_send_time()? || Self::check_file_size()?) {
@@ -656,18 +664,26 @@ fn get_sanitized_arguments(matches: &ArgMatches, command: &Command) -> Vec<Argum
                 _ => continue, // ValueSource isn't exhaustive
             };
 
-            let possible_values = command
-                .get_arguments()
-                .find(|arg| arg.get_id() == *id)
-                .map(|arg| arg.get_possible_values());
-
-            let sanitized_value = match (possible_values, matches.try_get_one::<String>(id)) {
-                (Some(possible_values), Ok(Some(s)))
-                    if possible_values.iter().any(|pv| pv.matches(s, true)) =>
-                {
-                    Some(s.clone())
+            let sanitized_value = if *id == "@extension_name" {
+                match matches.try_get_one::<OsString>(id) {
+                    Ok(Some(s)) if s == "sns" || s == "nns" => {
+                        Some(s.to_str().unwrap().to_string())
+                    }
+                    _ => None,
+                }
+            } else {
+                let possible_values = command
+                    .get_arguments()
+                    .find(|arg| arg.get_id() == *id)
+                    .map(|arg| arg.get_possible_values());
+                match (possible_values, matches.try_get_one::<String>(id)) {
+                    (Some(possible_values), Ok(Some(s)))
+                        if possible_values.iter().any(|pv| pv.matches(s, true)) =>
+                    {
+                        Some(s.clone())
+                    }
+                    _ => None,
                 }
-                _ => None,
             };
 
             let argument = Argument {