Index: taxonomy.pages.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.pages.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 taxonomy.pages.inc
--- taxonomy.pages.inc	6 Dec 2007 09:58:34 -0000	1.6
+++ taxonomy.pages.inc	17 Jan 2008 17:02:47 -0000
@@ -91,9 +91,14 @@
   // Only display the description if we have a single term, to avoid clutter and confusion.
   if (count($tids) == 1) {
     $term = taxonomy_get_term($tids[0]);
-    $output .= '<div class="taxonomy-term-description">';
-    $output .= filter_xss_admin($term->description);
-    $output .= '</div>';
+    $description = $term->description;
+
+    // Check that a description is set.
+    if (!empty($description)) {
+      $output .= '<div class="taxonomy-term-description">';
+      $output .= filter_xss_admin($description);
+      $output .= '</div>';
+    }
   }
 
   $output .= taxonomy_render_nodes($result);