diff --git a/pdf/src/plugin-resources/fo-cover.xslt b/pdf/src/plugin-resources/fo-cover.xslt
index 811c9369..81b8147d 100644
--- a/pdf/src/plugin-resources/fo-cover.xslt
+++ b/pdf/src/plugin-resources/fo-cover.xslt
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@
                                                 </fo:table-cell>
                                                 <fo:table-cell number-columns-spanned="2" xsl:use-attribute-sets="cover.border.left">
                                                     <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="cover.title" text-align="left" display-align="center" space-after="0.5in">
-                                                        <xsl:value-of select="$coverProjectName"/> v.<xsl:value-of select="$coverVersion"/>
+                                                        <xsl:value-of select="$coverProjectName"/> 
+                                                        <xsl:if test="normalize-space($coverVersion) != ''">
+                                                                v.<xsl:value-of select="$coverVersion"/>
+                                                        </xsl:if>
                                                     </fo:block>
                                                 </fo:table-cell>
                                             </fo:table-row>
diff --git a/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml b/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml
index c0cd94bf..4c2c9305 100644
--- a/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/pdf/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="2.2-SNAPSHOT" date="In CVS">
+      <action dev="carlos" type="fix">Show "v." in cover only when version is not empty.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="add" issue="MPPDF-10" due-to="M. Sean Gilligan">Add USLetter (8.5"x11") as a paper type.</action>
     </release>  
     <release version="2.1" date="2004-05-15">
