diff --git a/wordfilter.admin.inc b/wordfilter.admin.inc
index 73d4b7b..0f29e43 100644
--- a/wordfilter.admin.inc
+++ b/wordfilter.admin.inc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function wordfilter_settings_form() {
   $form['general_options']['wordfilter_default_replacement'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Default word replacement'),
-    '#description' => t('Enter the default replacement text here. If you do not enter replacement text for an individual filtered word, the replacement text entered here will be used as the replacement text.'),
+    '#description' => t('Enter the default replacement text here. If you do not enter replacement text for an individual filtered word, the replacement text entered here will be used as the replacement text. If you would like to replace the filtered word with an empty string, set the replacement word to <em>&lt;none&gt;</em>'),
     '#default_value' => variable_get('wordfilter_default_replacement', '[filtered word]'),
     '#required' => TRUE,
   );
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function wordfilter_admin_edit_form($form, &$form_state, $word_id = NULL) {
   $form['replacement'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Replacement text'),
-    '#description' => t('Enter the filtered version of the word or phrase to replace the original word or phrase.'),
+    '#description' => t('Enter the filtered version of the word or phrase to replace the original word or phrase. If you would like to replace the filtered word with an empty string, set the replacement word to <em>&lt;none&gt;</em>'),
     '#default_value' => ($word->replacement) ? $word->replacement : variable_get('wordfilter_default_replacement', '[filtered word]'),
     '#size' => 50,
     '#maxlength' => 255,
diff --git a/wordfilter.module b/wordfilter.module
index f787de2..a0dd20b 100644
--- a/wordfilter.module
+++ b/wordfilter.module
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ function wordfilter_filter_process($text) {
     if (!empty($word->words)) {
       $replacement = ($word->replacement) ? $word->replacement : variable_get('wordfilter_default_replacement', '[filtered word]');
 
+      if ($replacement == '<none>') {
+        $replacement = '';
+      }
+
       if ($word->standalone) {
         $pattern = '/(\W)' . preg_quote($word->words, '/') . '(\W)/i';
       }