--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/TagletWriterImpl.java	Tue Oct 15 16:23:18 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/TagletWriterImpl.java	Tue Oct 15 11:20:27 2013 -0700
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@
                 if (deprs.length > 0) {
                     Content body = commentTagsToOutput(null, doc,
                         deprs[0].inlineTags(), false);
-                    result.addContent(HtmlTree.SPAN(HtmlStyle.italic, body));
+                    if (!body.isEmpty())
+                        result.addContent(HtmlTree.SPAN(HtmlStyle.italic, body));
                 }
             } else {
                 if (Util.isDeprecated(member.containingClass())) {

--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/markup/ContentBuilder.java	Tue Oct 15 16:23:18 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/markup/ContentBuilder.java	Tue Oct 15 11:20:27 2013 -0700
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
     @Override
     public void addContent(Content content) {
         nullCheck(content);
-        if ((content instanceof ContentBuilder) && content.isEmpty())
-            return;
         ensureMutableContents();
         if (content instanceof ContentBuilder) {
             contents.addAll(((ContentBuilder) content).contents);

--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/markup/HtmlTree.java	Tue Oct 15 16:23:18 2013 +0200
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/markup/HtmlTree.java	Tue Oct 15 11:20:27 2013 -0700
@@ -102,7 +102,12 @@
      * @param tagContent tag content to be added
      */
     public void addContent(Content tagContent) {
-        if (tagContent == HtmlTree.EMPTY || tagContent.isValid()) {
+        if (tagContent instanceof ContentBuilder) {
+            for (Content content: ((ContentBuilder)tagContent).contents) {
+                addContent(content);
+            }
+        }
+        else if (tagContent == HtmlTree.EMPTY || tagContent.isValid()) {
             if (content.isEmpty())
                 content = new ArrayList<Content>();
             content.add(tagContent);

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/com/sun/javadoc/testTagOutput/TestTagOutput.java	Tue Oct 15 11:20:27 2013 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8026370
+ * @summary This test checks the generated tag output.
+ * @author Bhavesh Patel
+ * @library ../lib/
+ * @build JavadocTester TestTagOutput
+ * @run main TestTagOutput
+ */
+
+public class TestTagOutput extends JavadocTester {
+
+    private static final String BUG_ID = "8026370";
+    private static final String[][] TEST = {
+        {BUG_ID + FS + "pkg1" + FS + "DeprecatedTag.html",
+            "<div class=\"block\"><span class=\"strong\">Deprecated.</span>&nbsp;</div>"},
+        {BUG_ID + FS + "pkg1" + FS + "DeprecatedTag.html",
+            "<div class=\"block\"><span class=\"strong\">Deprecated.</span>&nbsp;" +
+            "<span class=\"italic\">Do not use this.</span></div>"}};
+
+    private static final String[][] NEGATED_TEST = {
+        {BUG_ID + FS + "pkg1" + FS + "DeprecatedTag.html",
+            "<div class=\"block\"><span class=\"strong\">Deprecated." +
+            "</span>&nbsp;<span class=\"italic\"></span></div>"}};
+
+    private static final String[] ARGS =
+        new String[] {
+            "-d", BUG_ID, "-sourcepath", SRC_DIR, "pkg1"};
+
+    /**
+     * The entry point of the test.
+     * @param args the array of command line arguments.
+     */
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        TestTagOutput tester = new TestTagOutput();
+        run(tester, ARGS, TEST, NEGATED_TEST);
+        tester.printSummary();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public String getBugId() {
+        return BUG_ID;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public String getBugName() {
+        return getClass().getName();
+    }
+}

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/com/sun/javadoc/testTagOutput/pkg1/DeprecatedTag.java	Tue Oct 15 11:20:27 2013 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package pkg1;
+
+public class DeprecatedTag {
+
+    /**
+     * This method is deprecated.
+     *
+     * @deprecated
+     */
+    public void deprecatedMethod() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is also deprecated.
+     *
+     * @deprecated Do not use this.
+     */
+    public void deprecatedMethodWithDesc() {
+    }
+}
+