diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f814d2..d0aece7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ The long form, with what was wrong before and how it was found, is in
 - Add a feed asks only for the feed; Popular and Directory in the sidebar are where you browse.
 - On a phone, an item's files, with play and delete, sit above its show notes rather than below
   them, where long notes left them looking missing.
+- On a phone, an item with no files goes straight to its text, without a box saying "No files".
 - The page is served minified, about a quarter smaller. Its script is now TypeScript in
   `web/src`, type-checked, and built with swc; building ipx needs node.
 - The script is its own file, `/app.js`, rather than inside the page. Your browser keeps it
diff --git a/tests/ui/app.spec.js b/tests/ui/app.spec.js
index 2d494d4..f6469ba 100644
--- a/tests/ui/app.spec.js
+++ b/tests/ui/app.spec.js
@@ -1216,3 +1216,21 @@ test.describe('touch gestures on a phone', () => {
     await expect(page.locator('#pulltip')).toHaveCount(0);        // the note goes on letting go
   });
 });
+
+test.describe('an item with no files, on a phone', () => {
+  test.use({ viewport: { width: 390, height: 844 }, hasTouch: true, isMobile: true });
+
+  test('shows no files box at all', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.locator('#burger').click();
+    await page.locator('#feedlist .place', { hasText: 'All Subscriptions' }).click();
+    await page.locator('.tabs button', { hasText: 'All' }).first().click();
+    await expect(page.locator('.ep').first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 20_000 });
+    // An item with no enclosure, found from the list the page itself has.
+    const guid = await page.evaluate(() => S.entries.find(e => !e.enclosures.length)?.guid);
+    expect(guid, 'the fixtures have an item with no files').toBeTruthy();
+    await page.locator(`.ep[data-guid="${guid}"]`).click();
+    await expect(page.locator('#detail .dt')).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.locator('#detail .encbox')).toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(page.locator('#detail')).not.toContainText('No files');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/src/items.ts b/web/src/items.ts
index 26fac41..c64d25e 100644
--- a/web/src/items.ts
+++ b/web/src/items.ts
@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ function showDetail(e){
     if(files) files.innerHTML='<p class="empty">No files</p>';
     return;
   }
-  const encs=e.enclosures.map(encBox).join('')||'<p class="empty">No files</p>';
+  // Nothing when there are no files: the pane that would say so is hidden above, and on a phone,
+  // where the files sit over the text, a box saying "No files" only pushed the text down.
+  const encs=e.enclosures.map(encBox).join('');
   // A phone has no room for the files pane, so the files go above the text there instead.
   // Below it, a long set of show notes pushed play and delete screens down, and on an iPhone
   // it looked as if a downloaded file could not be deleted at all (issue #21).