diff --git a/MultimediaViewer.i18n.php b/MultimediaViewer.i18n.php
index 08fc42a78..4ab9a6299 100644
--- a/MultimediaViewer.i18n.php
+++ b/MultimediaViewer.i18n.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ $messages = array();
  */
 $messages['en'] = array(
 	'multimediaviewer-desc' => 'Expand thumbnails in a larger size in a fullscreen interface.',
+	'multimediaviewer-desc-nil' => 'No description available.',
 	'multimediaviewer-pref' => 'Media Viewer',
 	'multimediaviewer-pref-desc' => 'Improve your multimedia viewing experience with this new tool. It displays images in larger size on pages that have thumbnails. Images are shown in a nicer fullscreen interface overlay, and can also be viewed in full-size.',
 	'multimediaviewer-file-page' => 'Go to corresponding file page',
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ $messages['en'] = array(
  */
 $messages['qqq'] = array(
 	'multimediaviewer-desc' => '{{desc|name=Multimedia Viewer|url=https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MultimediaViewer}}',
+	'multimediaviewer-desc-nil' => 'Text to be used when no description is available.',
 	'multimediaviewer-pref' => 'Preference title',
 	'multimediaviewer-pref-desc' => 'Description of preference',
 	'multimediaviewer-file-page' => 'Text for a link to the file page for an image.',
diff --git a/MultimediaViewer.php b/MultimediaViewer.php
index 9f91c7a3e..5050d421a 100644
--- a/MultimediaViewer.php
+++ b/MultimediaViewer.php
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ $wgResourceModules['ext.multimediaViewer'] = array_merge( array(
 		'multimediaviewer-use-file-offwiki',
 		'multimediaviewer-about-mmv',
 		'multimediaviewer-discuss-mmv',
+		'multimediaviewer-desc-nil'
 	),
 ), $moduleInfoMMV );
 
diff --git a/resources/ext.multimediaViewer/ext.multimediaViewer.js b/resources/ext.multimediaViewer/ext.multimediaViewer.js
index 6e5c14504..4343f9161 100755
--- a/resources/ext.multimediaViewer/ext.multimediaViewer.js
+++ b/resources/ext.multimediaViewer/ext.multimediaViewer.js
@@ -581,6 +581,8 @@
 			if ( desc ) {
 				desc = desc.value;
 				whitelistHtml( ui.$imageDesc.append( $.parseHTML( desc ) ) );
+			} else {
+				ui.$imageDesc.append( mw.message( 'multimediaviewer-desc-nil' ).text() );
 			}
 
 			datetime = extmeta.DateTimeOriginal || extmeta.DateTime;