diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index b071670..a1afb90 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ func DefaultUsage(cmd *Command) func() {
 	}
 }
 
-// NewMenuError Create a new menu command, i.e. a command that will dispatch to
-// sub-commands. This is a convinience wrapper around a NewCommand with a spec
+// NewMenu creates a menu command and panics if there are errors.
+// This is a convinience wrapper around a NewCommand with a spec
 // that has subcommands. It returns a new command or an error. It can only error
 // if there is an error in the specification, so usually you do not need this function
 // but should use NewMenu instead.
@@ -249,32 +249,15 @@ func DefaultUsage(cmd *Command) func() {
 //     usage when the command is part of a Menu or when long is empty.
 //   - long: Long description of the command, used when printing usage.
 //   - subcmds: The subcommands you can invoke through this menu.
-func NewMenuError(name, short, long string, subcmds ...*Command) (*Command, error) {
-	return NewCommandError(CommandSpec{
+func NewMenu(name, short, long string, subcmds ...*Command) *Command {
+	// A menu cannot fail. The subcommands are already parsed, and we don't
+	// provide any specs that can fail through the documentation strings.
+	cmd, _ := NewCommandError(CommandSpec{
 		Name:        name,
 		Short:       short,
 		Long:        long,
 		Subcommands: subcmds,
 	})
-}
-
-// NewMenu creates a menu command and panics if there are errors.
-// This is a convinience wrapper around a NewCommand with a spec
-// that has subcommands. It returns a new command or an error. It can only error
-// if there is an error in the specification, so usually you do not need this function
-// but should use NewMenu instead.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - name: Name of the command, used when printing usage.
-//   - short: Short description of the command, used when printing
-//     usage when the command is part of a Menu or when long is empty.
-//   - long: Long description of the command, used when printing usage.
-//   - subcmds: The subcommands you can invoke through this menu.
-func NewMenu(name, short, long string, subcmds ...*Command) *Command {
-	cmd, err := NewMenuError(name, short, long, subcmds...)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Error: %s", err))
-	}
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/commands_test.go b/commands_test.go
index b764efb..c9e3930 100644
--- a/commands_test.go
+++ b/commands_test.go
@@ -313,3 +313,19 @@ func TestMenuFailure(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected different error message than %s\n", errmsg)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCommandPanic(t *testing.T) {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r == nil {
+			t.Error("The code did not panic")
+		}
+	}()
+
+	type Invalid struct {
+		X complex128 `pos:"invalid type"`
+	}
+
+	_ = cli.NewCommand(cli.CommandSpec{
+		Init: func() interface{} { return new(Invalid) },
+	})
+}