diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
index fac901f..3069e02 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ li .link a {
 li.story .description_present {
 	color: gray;
 	padding-left: 0.25em;
+	text-decoration: none;
 	vertical-align: middle;
 }
 
diff --git a/app/views/stories/_listdetail.html.erb b/app/views/stories/_listdetail.html.erb
index 183e797..2b82666 100644
--- a/app/views/stories/_listdetail.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/stories/_listdetail.html.erb
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ class="story <%= story.vote && story.vote[:vote] == 1 ? "upvoted" : "" %>
       <% end %>
     </span>
     <% if story.markeddown_description.present? %>
-      <span class="description_present"
-        title="Additional text available">&#x2636;</span>
+      <a class="description_present" title="Additional text available"
+        href="<%= story.comments_path %>">&#x2636;</a>
     <% end %>
     <% if story.can_be_seen_by_user?(@user) %>
       <span class="tags">
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class="story <%= story.vote && story.vote[:vote] == 1 ? "upvoted" : "" %>
             (hidden by <%= pluralize(story.hider_count, "user") %>)
           <% end %>
         <% end %>
-        <% if !story.is_gone? %>
+        <% if !story.is_gone? && (@user || story.comments_count > 0) %>
           <span class="comments_label">
             |
             <a href="<%= story.comments_path %>"><%= story.comments_count == 0 ?