diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 98516886..1fa7d9b7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
 
 ** Bug fixes
 
+*** %empty is used in reports
+
+  Empty right-hand sides are denoted by '%empty' in all the reports (text,
+  dot, XML and formats derived from it).
+
 *** YYERROR and variants
 
   When C++ variant support is enabled, an error triggered via YYERROR, but
diff --git a/data/xslt/xml2xhtml.xsl b/data/xslt/xml2xhtml.xsl
index d2cfed4c..c7c56887 100644
--- a/data/xslt/xml2xhtml.xsl
+++ b/data/xslt/xml2xhtml.xsl
@@ -532,12 +532,7 @@
       <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
       <span class="point">.</span>
     </xsl:if>
-    <xsl:if test="$itemset = 'true' and name(.) != 'empty'">
-      <xsl:apply-templates select="."/>
-    </xsl:if>
-    <xsl:if test="$itemset != 'true'">
-      <xsl:apply-templates select="."/>
-    </xsl:if>
+    <xsl:apply-templates select="."/>
     <xsl:if test="position() = last() and position() = $point">
       <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
       <span class="point">.</span>
@@ -563,7 +558,7 @@
 </xsl:template>
 
 <xsl:template match="empty">
-  <xsl:text> &#949;</xsl:text>
+  <xsl:text> %empty</xsl:text>
 </xsl:template>
 
 <xsl:template match="lookaheads">