diff --git a/modules/titling.xml b/modules/titling.xml
index 521f380..1b05bd0 100755
--- a/modules/titling.xml
+++ b/modules/titling.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 				<xsl:call-template name="PaperCode" />
 				<xsl:text> Assignment </xsl:text>
 				<xsl:value-of select="/document/@sequence-number" />
-				<xsl:text>: \\</xsl:text>
+				<!-- If the title's empty, there's no point in including the ": \\". -->
+				<xsl:if test="node()">
+					<xsl:text>: \\</xsl:text>
+				</xsl:if>
 			</xsl:if>
 			<xsl:apply-templates />
 			<xsl:text>}</xsl:text>
@@ -54,7 +57,10 @@
 					</xsl:when>
 				</xsl:choose>
 				<xsl:value-of select="/document/@sequence-number" />
-				<xsl:text>: </xsl:text>
+				<!-- If the title's empty, there's no point in including the ": ". -->
+				<xsl:if test="node()">
+					<xsl:text>: </xsl:text>
+				</xsl:if>
 			</xsl:if>
 			<xsl:apply-templates mode="strip" />
 		</common>
@@ -137,7 +143,10 @@
 						</xsl:when>
 					</xsl:choose>
 					<xsl:value-of select="/document/@sequence-number" />
-					<xsl:text>: </xsl:text>
+					<!-- If the title's empty, there's no point in including the ": ". -->
+					<xsl:if test="node()">
+						<xsl:text>: </xsl:text>
+					</xsl:if>
 				</xsl:if>
 				<xsl:apply-templates />
 			</h1>