fix

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/util/getopt_helpers.c b/src/util/getopt_helpers.c
index d3a598626..9821aca89 100644
--- a/src/util/getopt_helpers.c
+++ b/src/util/getopt_helpers.c
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ GNUNET_GETOPT_format_help_ (struct GNUNET_GETOPT_CommandLineProcessorContext
           printf ("%*s", (int) (BORDER - slen), "");
           slen = BORDER;
         }
-      trans = gettext (opt[i].description);
+      if (0 < strlen (opt[i].description))
+        trans = gettext (opt[i].description);
+      else
+        trans = "";
       ml = strlen (trans);
       p = 0;
     OUTER: