diff --git a/b2rdf.php b/b2rdf.php
index 94b653b0e1..677d0a761b 100644
--- a/b2rdf.php
+++ b/b2rdf.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ if (!isset($rss_language)) { $rss_language = 'en'; }
 	<dc:date><?php the_time('Y-m-d\TH:i:s'); ?></dc:date>
 	<dc:creator><?php the_author() ?> (mailto:<?php the_author_email() ?>)</dc:creator>
 	<dc:subject><?php the_category_rss() ?></dc:subject>
-<?php if ($rss_use_excerpt) {
+<?php $more = 1; if ($rss_use_excerpt) {
 ?>
 	<description><?php the_excerpt_rss($rss_excerpt_length, 2) ?></description>
 <?php
diff --git a/b2rss.php b/b2rss.php
index 44376ba01a..49b2013a19 100644
--- a/b2rss.php
+++ b/b2rss.php
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ if (!isset($rss_excerpt_length) || ($rss_encoded_html == 1)) { $rss_excerpt_leng
 // we might use this in the future, but not now, that's why it's commented in PHP
 // so that it doesn't appear at all in the RSS
 //          echo "<category>"; the_category_unicode(); echo "</category>";
+$more = 1; 
 if ($rss_use_excerpt) {
 ?>
             <description><?php the_excerpt_rss($rss_excerpt_length, $rss_encoded_html) ?></description>
diff --git a/b2rss2.php b/b2rss2.php
index 6040256194..719a29ab2e 100644
--- a/b2rss2.php
+++ b/b2rss2.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ if (!isset($rss_excerpt_length) || ($rss_encoded_html == 1)) { $rss_excerpt_leng
 		<dc:creator><?php the_author() ?> (mailto:<?php the_author_email() ?>)</dc:creator>
 		<dc:subject><?php the_category_rss() ?></dc:subject>
 		<guid isPermaLink="false"><?php echo $id; ?>@<?php bloginfo_rss("url") ?></guid>
-<?php if ($rss_use_excerpt) {
+<?php $more = 1; if ($rss_use_excerpt) {
 ?>
 		<description><?php the_excerpt_rss($rss_excerpt_length, 2) ?></description>
 <?php