diff --git a/app/views/record/_record.html.erb b/app/views/record/_record.html.erb
index c985fdbe..62666a9f 100644
--- a/app/views/record/_record.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/record/_record.html.erb
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
     </h2>
 
     <p>
-      <span class="record-type">
-        <% # we need to create separate displays for different types of content types, see https://github.com/MITLibraries/bento/pull/908/files#diff-6718f9b88f6f93e59d8c2509512dc40a62088430ff3cce1165ab414565949415L22-L57 for starting point but we should anticipate wanting to expand to many more unique content types %>
-        <span class="sr">Type</span> <%= @record['contentType'].join %>
-      </span>
+      <% if @record['contentType'].present? %>
+        <span class="record-type">
+          <% # we need to create separate displays for different types of content types, see https://github.com/MITLibraries/bento/pull/908/files#diff-6718f9b88f6f93e59d8c2509512dc40a62088430ff3cce1165ab414565949415L22-L57 for starting point but we should anticipate wanting to expand to many more unique content types %>
+          <span class="sr">Type</span> <%= @record['contentType'].join %>
+        </span>
+      <% end %>
 
       <% if @record['citation'].present? %>
 
diff --git a/app/views/search/_result.html.erb b/app/views/search/_result.html.erb
index 84c75d6b..00ca5dec 100644
--- a/app/views/search/_result.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/search/_result.html.erb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   </h2>
 
   <p class="pub-info">
-    <span><%= result['contentType']&.each { |type| type['value'] }.join(' ; ') %></span>
+    <span><%= result['contentType']&.each { |type| type['value'] }&.join(' ; ') %></span>
     <span>
       <% result['dates']&.each do |date| %>
         <%= date['value'] if date['kind'] == 'Publication date' %>