diff --git a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.cpp b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.cpp
index b03556b47..c7485ab4f 100644
--- a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.cpp
+++ b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/JavaDocConverter.cpp
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ String *JavaDocConverter::makeDocumentation(Node *node) {
   String *documentation = getDoxygenComment(node);
 
   if (documentation == NULL) {
-    return NULL;
+    return NewString("");
   }
 
   if (GetFlag(node, "feature:doxygen:notranslate")) {
diff --git a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.cpp b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.cpp
index 777a54201..7937b5ba5 100644
--- a/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.cpp
+++ b/Source/DoxygenTranslator/src/PyDocConverter.cpp
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ String *PyDocConverter::makeDocumentation(Node *n) {
     return NewString(result.c_str());
   }
 
-  return 0;
+  return NewString("");
 }
 
 std::string PyDocConverter::generateDivider() {