diff --git a/src/i18n/monitoring_i18n.properties b/src/i18n/monitoring_i18n.properties
index 9f8f8edbe..9b1a06d63 100644
--- a/src/i18n/monitoring_i18n.properties
+++ b/src/i18n/monitoring_i18n.properties
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ archive.search.results.messagecount = Message Count:
 archive.search.results.date = Date:
 archive.search.results.duration = Duration:
 archive.search.results.none = No conversations were found using the specified search criteria. Please change your search criteria and try again.
-archive.search.results.archive_disabled = The messages in this conversation were not archived.
+archive.search.results.archive_disabled = The messages in this conversation were not archived or do not have a readable body.
 archive.search.output.emptymessages = Output messages without body.
 archive.search.output.emptymessages.enable = Enable
 archive.search.output.save_settings=Save
diff --git a/src/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/archive/ConversationUtils.java b/src/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/archive/ConversationUtils.java
index 49b1a4435..652324e22 100644
--- a/src/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/archive/ConversationUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/org/jivesoftware/openfire/archive/ConversationUtils.java
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ private ByteArrayOutputStream buildPDFContent(ConversationManager conversationMa
             document.add( new Paragraph().add(new Text("\n")));
 
             final Paragraph messageParagraph = new Paragraph();
+            boolean foundReadableMessages = false;
             for (ArchivedMessage message : conversation.getMessages(conversationManager))
             {
                 String time = JiveGlobals.formatTime(message.getSentDate());
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ private ByteArrayOutputStream buildPDFContent(ConversationManager conversationMa
 
                 if (bodyLessText!=null||body!=null)
                 {
+                    foundReadableMessages=true;
                     if (!message.isRoomEvent()) {
                         /*
                          * If body is null, we add the resource to see which device has sent the message.
@@ -294,6 +296,13 @@ private ByteArrayOutputStream buildPDFContent(ConversationManager conversationMa
                     messageParagraph.add(new Text("\n"));
                 }
             }
+            
+
+            if (conversation.getMessages(conversationManager).size() == 0||!foundReadableMessages) {
+                messageParagraph.add(new Text(LocaleUtils.getLocalizedString("archive.search.results.archive_disabled",
+                        MonitoringConstants.NAME) ));
+                messageParagraph.add(new Text("\n"));
+            }
 
             document.add(messageParagraph);
 
@@ -353,6 +362,7 @@ private ConversationInfo toConversationInfo(ConversationManager conversationMana
         info.setDate(JiveGlobals.formatDateTime(conversation.getStartDate()));
         info.setLastActivity(JiveGlobals.formatTime(conversation.getLastActivity()));
         // Create body.
+        boolean foundReadableMessages = false;
         final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
         builder.append("<table width=100%>");
         for (ArchivedMessage message : conversation.getMessages(conversationManager)) {
@@ -416,6 +426,7 @@ private ConversationInfo toConversationInfo(ConversationManager conversationMana
 
             if (bodyLessText!=null||body!=null)
             {
+                foundReadableMessages=true;
                 builder.append("<tr valign=top>");
                 if (!message.isRoomEvent()) {
                     builder.append("<td width=1% nowrap class=" + cssLabel + ">").append("[").append(time).append("]").append("</td>");
@@ -434,7 +445,7 @@ private ConversationInfo toConversationInfo(ConversationManager conversationMana
             }
         }
 
-        if (conversation.getMessages(conversationManager).size() == 0) {
+        if (conversation.getMessages(conversationManager).size() == 0||!foundReadableMessages) {
             builder.append("<span class=small-description>" +
                 LocaleUtils.getLocalizedString("archive.search.results.archive_disabled",
                         MonitoringConstants.NAME) +
diff --git a/src/web/archive-search.jsp b/src/web/archive-search.jsp
index 28bd961c5..2dc641114 100644
--- a/src/web/archive-search.jsp
+++ b/src/web/archive-search.jsp
@@ -724,6 +724,12 @@
                                             i++;
                                             continue;
                                         }
+
+                                        if (conversation.getMessages(conversationManager).size() == 0)
+                                        {
+                                            continue;
+                                        }
+
                                         Map<String, JID> participants = getParticipants(conversation);
                                         String color = "#FFFFFF";
                                         if (i % 2 == 0) {