diff --git a/lib/codemod/src/transforms/__testfixtures__/update-addon-info/update-addon-info.input.js b/lib/codemod/src/transforms/__testfixtures__/update-addon-info/update-addon-info.input.js
index b96c0bcb5eb3..8253cc11c6ca 100644
--- a/lib/codemod/src/transforms/__testfixtures__/update-addon-info/update-addon-info.input.js
+++ b/lib/codemod/src/transforms/__testfixtures__/update-addon-info/update-addon-info.input.js
@@ -188,3 +188,11 @@ storiesOf('Button').addWithInfo(
     }
   }
 )
+
+storiesOf('shared/ProgressBar', module)
+  .addDecorator(withKnobs)
+  .addWithInfo('default style', () => (
+    <ProgressBar progress={number('progress', 25)}
+      delay={number('delay', 500)}
+    />
+  ));
diff --git a/lib/codemod/src/transforms/__testfixtures__/update-addon-info/update-addon-info.output.js b/lib/codemod/src/transforms/__testfixtures__/update-addon-info/update-addon-info.output.js
index 1da578e189f0..ed3e5f29d7ae 100644
--- a/lib/codemod/src/transforms/__testfixtures__/update-addon-info/update-addon-info.output.js
+++ b/lib/codemod/src/transforms/__testfixtures__/update-addon-info/update-addon-info.output.js
@@ -184,3 +184,11 @@ storiesOf('Button').add('with custom styles', withInfo({
     return stylesheet
   }
 })(() => <Button label="The Button" onClick={action('onClick')} />))
+
+storiesOf('shared/ProgressBar', module)
+  .addDecorator(withKnobs)
+  .add('default style', withInfo('default style')(() => (
+    <ProgressBar progress={number('progress', 25)}
+      delay={number('delay', 500)}
+    />
+  )));
diff --git a/lib/codemod/src/transforms/update-addon-info.js b/lib/codemod/src/transforms/update-addon-info.js
index 4ad524d7cae9..591d85643e7e 100644
--- a/lib/codemod/src/transforms/update-addon-info.js
+++ b/lib/codemod/src/transforms/update-addon-info.js
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ export default function transformer(file, api) {
    */
   const getOptions = args => {
     if (args[3] === undefined) {
+      if (args[2] === undefined) {
+        // when the optional description string is not supplied for addWithInfo, just use story name
+        return [args[0]];
+      }
       return [args[1]];
     }
     return [
@@ -56,10 +60,15 @@ export default function transformer(file, api) {
     const node = addWithInfoExpression.node;
     const args = node.arguments;
 
+    // if optional description string is not supplied, the story component becomes second arg
+    const storyComponent = args[2] ? args[2] : args[1];
+
     node.callee.property.name = 'add';
     node.arguments = [
       args[0],
-      j.callExpression(j.callExpression(j.identifier('withInfo'), getOptions(args)), [args[2]]),
+      j.callExpression(j.callExpression(j.identifier('withInfo'), getOptions(args)), [
+        storyComponent,
+      ]),
     ];
 
     return node;