diff --git a/src/query/docseq.h b/src/query/docseq.h
index fc634c5e..c98ea694 100644
--- a/src/query/docseq.h
+++ b/src/query/docseq.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class DocSeqFiltSpec {
     by native capability (ex: docseqdb can sort and filter). The
     implementation might be nicer by using more sophisticated c++ with
     multiple inheritance of sort and filter virtual interfaces, but
-    the current one will have to do for now...
+    the current one will have to do for now.
 */
 class DocSequence {
  public:
@@ -97,17 +97,6 @@ class DocSequence {
 	abs.push_back(doc.meta[Rcl::Doc::keyabs]);
 	return true;
     }
-    virtual string getAbstract(Rcl::Doc& doc) {
-	vector<string> v;
-	getAbstract(doc, v);
-	string abstract;
-	for (vector<string>::const_iterator it = v.begin();
-	     it != v.end(); it++) {
-	    abstract += *it;
-	    abstract += "... ";
-	}
-	return abstract;
-    }
     virtual bool getEnclosing(Rcl::Doc&, Rcl::Doc&) = 0;
 
     /** Get estimated total count in results */
@@ -169,12 +158,6 @@ public:
 	    return false;
 	return m_seq->getAbstract(doc, abs);
     }
-    virtual string getAbstract(Rcl::Doc& doc)
-    {
-	if (m_seq.isNull())
-	    return "";
-	return m_seq->getAbstract(doc);
-    }
     virtual string getDescription() 
     {
 	if (m_seq.isNull())
diff --git a/src/query/reslistpager.cpp b/src/query/reslistpager.cpp
index 50deff8f..1f04aa5f 100644
--- a/src/query/reslistpager.cpp
+++ b/src/query/reslistpager.cpp
@@ -184,12 +184,14 @@ void ResListPager::displayDoc(RclConfig *config,
 
 	for (vector<string>::const_iterator it = vabs.begin();
 	     it != vabs.end(); it++) {
-	    // No need to call escapeHtml(), plaintorich handles it
-	    list<string> lr;
-	    m_hiliter->set_inputhtml(false);
-	    m_hiliter->plaintorich(*it, lr, hdata);
-	    richabst += lr.front();
-	    richabst += absSep();
+	    if (!it->empty()) {
+		// No need to call escapeHtml(), plaintorich handles it
+		list<string> lr;
+		m_hiliter->set_inputhtml(false);
+		m_hiliter->plaintorich(*it, lr, hdata);
+		richabst += lr.front();
+		richabst += absSep();
+	    }
 	}
     }
 
diff --git a/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp b/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp
index 29a3a04c..49ecd6f7 100644
--- a/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp
+++ b/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ namespace Rcl {
 #endif
 
 const string pathelt_prefix = "XP";
+// This is used as a marker inside the abstract frag lists, but
+// normally doesn't remain in final output (which is built with a
+// custom sep. by our caller).
 static const string ellipsis("...");
 
 string version_string(){
@@ -418,7 +421,7 @@ vector<string> Db::Native::makeAbstract(Xapian::docid docid, Query *query)
 			sparseDoc[ii] = emptys;
 		    }
 		}
-		// Add ... at the end. This may be replaced later by
+		// Add ellipsis at the end. This may be replaced later by
 		// an overlapping extract. Take care not to replace an
 		// empty string here, we really want an empty slot,
 		// use find()
@@ -442,14 +445,16 @@ vector<string> Db::Native::makeAbstract(Xapian::docid docid, Query *query)
 
     // This can happen if there are term occurences in the keywords
     // etc. but not elsewhere ?
-    if (qtermposs.size() == 0) 
+    if (qtermposs.size() == 0) {
+	LOGDEB1(("makeAbstract: no occurrences\n"));
 	return vector<string>();
+    }
 
     // Walk all document's terms position lists and populate slots
     // around the query terms. We arbitrarily truncate the list to
     // avoid taking forever. If we do cutoff, the abstract may be
     // inconsistant (missing words, potentially altering meaning),
-    // which is bad...
+    // which is bad.
     { 
 	Xapian::TermIterator term;
 	int cutoff = 500 * 1000;
@@ -532,10 +537,6 @@ vector<string> Db::Native::makeAbstract(Xapian::docid docid, Query *query)
     }
     if (!chunk.empty())
 	vabs.push_back(chunk);
-    // This happens for docs with no terms (only filename) indexed? I'll fix 
-    // one day (yeah)
-    if (vabs.size() == 1 && !vabs[0].compare("... "))
-	vabs.clear();
 
     LOGDEB2(("makeAbtract: done in %d mS\n", chron.millis()));
     return vabs;
@@ -920,7 +921,7 @@ static const string nc("\n\r\x0c");
 
 // Add document in internal form to the database: index the terms in
 // the title abstract and body and add special terms for file name,
-// date, mime type ... , create the document data record (more
+// date, mime type etc. , create the document data record (more
 // metadata), and update database
 bool Db::addOrUpdate(const string &udi, const string &parent_udi,
 		     const Doc &idoc)
@@ -1072,7 +1073,7 @@ bool Db::addOrUpdate(const string &udi, const string &parent_udi,
     if (!parent_udi.empty()) {
 	newdocument.add_term(make_parentterm(parent_udi));
     }
-    // Dates etc...
+    // Dates etc.
     time_t mtime = atol(doc.dmtime.empty() ? doc.fmtime.c_str() : 
 			doc.dmtime.c_str());
     struct tm *tm = localtime(&mtime);
diff --git a/src/utils/smallut.cpp b/src/utils/smallut.cpp
index 6dd28f5d..af92128a 100644
--- a/src/utils/smallut.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/smallut.cpp
@@ -448,7 +448,6 @@ string truncate_to_word(const string &input, string::size_type maxlen)
 	} else {
 	    output.erase(space);
 	}
-	output += " ...";
     }
     return output;
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/transcode.cpp b/src/utils/transcode.cpp
index c6ffe069..fcc08f4b 100644
--- a/src/utils/transcode.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/transcode.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ using std::string;
 bool transcode(const string &in, string &out, const string &icode,
 	       const string &ocode, int *ecnt)
 {
-    LOGDEB(("Transcode: %s -> %s\n", icode.c_str(), ocode.c_str()));
+    LOGDEB2(("Transcode: %s -> %s\n", icode.c_str(), ocode.c_str()));
 #ifdef ICONV_CACHE_OPEN
     static iconv_t ic = (iconv_t)-1;
     static string cachedicode;