1.1 --- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/TagletWriterImpl.java Tue Oct 15 16:23:18 2013 +0200 1.2 +++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/TagletWriterImpl.java Tue Oct 15 11:20:27 2013 -0700 1.3 @@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ 1.4 if (deprs.length > 0) { 1.5 Content body = commentTagsToOutput(null, doc, 1.6 deprs[0].inlineTags(), false); 1.7 - result.addContent(HtmlTree.SPAN(HtmlStyle.italic, body)); 1.8 + if (!body.isEmpty()) 1.9 + result.addContent(HtmlTree.SPAN(HtmlStyle.italic, body)); 1.10 } 1.11 } else { 1.12 if (Util.isDeprecated(member.containingClass())) {