diff -r 6ea964c78845 -r e6c5b5ee9fac src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/markup/ContentBuilder.java --- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/markup/ContentBuilder.java Tue May 14 10:14:52 2013 -0700 +++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/markup/ContentBuilder.java Tue May 14 10:14:53 2013 -0700 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ @Override public void addContent(Content content) { - if (content.isEmpty()) + if ((content instanceof ContentBuilder) && content.isEmpty()) return; ensureMutableContents(); if (content instanceof ContentBuilder) {