diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/processors/processCliCommands.js b/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/processors/processCliCommands.js
index 0de9909d7b..5b6e5448b1 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/processors/processCliCommands.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/processors/processCliCommands.js
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ module.exports = function processCliCommands(createDocMessage) {
     $runBefore: ['rendering-docs'],
     $process(docs) {
       const navigationDoc = docs.find(doc => doc.docType === 'navigation-json');
-      const navigationNode = navigationDoc &&
-          navigationDoc.data['SideNav'].find(
-              node => node.children && node.children.length && node.children[0].url === 'cli');
+      const cliCommandsNode = navigationDoc && findCliCommandsNode(navigationDoc.data['SideNav']);
 
-      if (!navigationNode) {
+      if (!cliCommandsNode) {
         throw new Error(createDocMessage(
             'Missing `cli` url - CLI Commands must include a first child node with url set at `cli`',
             navigationDoc));
@@ -24,13 +22,41 @@ module.exports = function processCliCommands(createDocMessage) {
           doc.optionKeywords = Array.from(optionKeywords).join(' ');
 
           // Add to navigation doc
-          navigationNode.children.push({url: doc.path, title: `ng ${doc.name}`});
+          cliCommandsNode.children.push({url: doc.path, title: `ng ${doc.name}`});
         }
       });
     }
   };
 };
 
+// Look for the `CLI Commands` navigation node. It is the node whose first child has `url: 'cli'`.
+// (NOTE: Using the URL instead of the title, because it is more robust.)
+function findCliCommandsNode(nodes) {
+  // We will "recursively" check all navigation nodes and their children (in breadth-first order),
+  // until we find the `CLI Commands` node. Keep a list of nodes lists to check.
+  // (NOTE: Each item in the list is a LIST of nodes.)
+  const nodesList = [nodes];
+
+  while (nodesList.length > 0) {
+    // Get the first item from the list of nodes lists.
+    const currentNodes = nodesList.shift();
+    const cliCommandsNode = currentNodes.find(isCliCommandsNode);
+
+    // One of the nodes in `currentNodes` was the `CLI Commands` node. Return it.
+    if (cliCommandsNode) return cliCommandsNode;
+
+    // The `CLI Commands` node is not in `currentNodes`. Check each node's children (if any).
+    currentNodes.forEach(node => node.children && nodesList.push(node.children));
+  }
+
+  // We checked all navigation nodes and their children and did not find the `CLI Commands` node.
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+function isCliCommandsNode(node) {
+  return node.children && node.children.length && node.children[0].url === 'cli';
+}
+
 function processOptions(container, options, optionKeywords) {
   container.positionalOptions = [];
   container.namedOptions = [];
diff --git a/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/processors/processCliCommands.spec.js b/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/processors/processCliCommands.spec.js
index 97413d647e..79e0dbb0ec 100644
--- a/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/processors/processCliCommands.spec.js
+++ b/aio/tools/transforms/cli-docs-package/processors/processCliCommands.spec.js
@@ -258,14 +258,15 @@ describe('processCliCommands processor', () => {
          docType: 'navigation-json',
          data: {
            SideNav: [
-             {url: 'some/page', title: 'Some Page'}, {
+             {url: 'some/page', title: 'Some Page'},
+             {
                title: 'CLI Commands',
                tooltip: 'Angular CLI command reference',
-               children: [{'title': 'Overview', 'url': 'cli'}]
+               children: [{'title': 'Overview', 'url': 'cli'}],
              },
-             {url: 'other/page', title: 'Other Page'}
-           ]
-         }
+             {url: 'other/page', title: 'Other Page'},
+           ],
+         },
        };
        processor.$process([command, navigation]);
        expect(navigation.data.SideNav[1].title).toEqual('CLI Commands');
@@ -275,6 +276,54 @@ describe('processCliCommands processor', () => {
        ]);
      });
 
+  it('should detect the CLI node if it is nested in another node (as long as there is a first child node with a `cli` url',
+     () => {
+       const command = {
+         docType: 'cli-command',
+         name: 'command1',
+         commandAliases: ['alias1', 'alias2'],
+         options: [],
+         path: 'cli/command1',
+       };
+       const navigation = {
+         docType: 'navigation-json',
+         data: {
+           SideNav: [
+             {url: 'some/page', title: 'Some Page'},
+             {
+               title: 'CLI Commands Grandparent',
+               children: [
+                 {url: 'some/nested/page', title: 'Some Nested Page'},
+                 {
+                   title: 'CLI Commands Parent',
+                   children: [
+                     {url: 'some/more/nested/page', title: 'Some More Nested Page'},
+                     {
+                       title: 'CLI Commands',
+                       tooltip: 'Angular CLI command reference',
+                       children: [{'title': 'Overview', 'url': 'cli'}],
+                     },
+                     {url: 'other/more/nested/page', title: 'Other More Nested Page'},
+                   ],
+                 },
+                 {url: 'other/nested/page', title: 'Other Nested Page'},
+               ],
+             },
+             {url: 'other/page', title: 'Other Page'},
+           ],
+         },
+       };
+
+       processor.$process([command, navigation]);
+
+       const cliCommandsNode = navigation.data.SideNav[1].children[1].children[1];
+       expect(cliCommandsNode.title).toEqual('CLI Commands');
+       expect(cliCommandsNode.children).toEqual([
+         {url: 'cli', title: 'Overview'},
+         {url: 'cli/command1', title: 'ng command1'},
+       ]);
+     });
+
   it('should complain if there is no child with `cli` url', () => {
     const command = {
       docType: 'cli-command',