diff --git a/components/com_finder/views/search/tmpl/default_result.php b/components/com_finder/views/search/tmpl/default_result.php
index 130dd7896f122..b965326507549 100644
--- a/components/com_finder/views/search/tmpl/default_result.php
+++ b/components/com_finder/views/search/tmpl/default_result.php
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
 <dt class="result-title <?php echo $mime; ?>">
 	<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_($route); ?>"><?php echo $this->result->title; ?></a>
 </dt>
+<?php if ($this->params->get('show_description', 1)): ?>
 <dd class="result-text<?php echo $this->pageclass_sfx; ?>">
 	<?php echo JHtml::_('string.truncate', $this->result->description, $this->params->get('description_length', 255)); ?>
 </dd>
-
+<?php endif; ?>
 <?php if ($this->params->get('show_url', 1)): ?>
 <dd class="result-url<?php echo $this->pageclass_sfx; ?>">
 	<?php echo $base . JRoute::_($this->result->route); ?>