diff --git a/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/issue-updated-email.txt b/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/issue-updated-email.txt
index aaee025..62aaa7a 100644
--- a/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/issue-updated-email.txt
+++ b/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/issue-updated-email.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 {foreach $comments as $c}{assign $who = $c.get_submitter()}# {blocktrans}By {$who|safe}, {$c.creation_dtime|date}:{/blocktrans}
 
-{if strlen($c.content) > 0}{$c.content|safe}{else}{trans '(No comments were given for this change.)'}{/if}{if $c.changedIssue()}
+{if strlen($c.content) > 0}{$c.content|safe}{/if}{if $c.changedIssue()}
 {foreach $c.changes as $w => $v}
  {if $w == 'su'}{trans 'Summary:'}{/if}{if $w == 'st'}{trans 'Status:'}{/if}{if $w == 'ow'}{trans 'Owner:'}{/if}{if $w == 'lb'}{trans 'Labels:'}{/if} {if $w == 'lb'}{assign $l = implode(', ', $v)}{$l}{else}{$v}{/if}{/foreach}{/if}{assign $attachments = $c.get_attachment_list()}{if $attachments.count() > 0}
 
diff --git a/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/view.html b/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/view.html
index 0a08cf7..191909a 100644
--- a/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/view.html
+++ b/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/view.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 {/if}
 
 
-<pre class="issue-comment-text">{if strlen($c.content) > 0}{issuetext $c.content, $request}{else}<i>{trans '(No comments were given for this change.)'}</i>{/if}</pre>
+{if strlen($c.content) > 0}<pre class="issue-comment-text">{issuetext $c.content, $request}</pre>{/if}
 {assign $attachments = $c.get_attachment_list()}
 {if $attachments.count() > 0}
 <hr align="left" class="attach" />