diff --git a/src/core/components/response-body.jsx b/src/core/components/response-body.jsx
index 265ff679..c55c1d6d 100644
--- a/src/core/components/response-body.jsx
+++ b/src/core/components/response-body.jsx
@@ -83,8 +83,12 @@ export default class ResponseBody extends React.Component {
       // Anything else (CORS)
     } else if (typeof content === "string") {
       bodyEl = <HighlightCode value={ content } />
-    } else {
+    } else if ( content.size > 0 ) {
+      // We don't know the contentType, but there was some content returned
       bodyEl = <div>Unknown response type</div>
+    } else {
+      // We don't know the contentType and there was no content returned
+      bodyEl = null
     }
 
     return ( !bodyEl ? null : <div>
diff --git a/src/style/_layout.scss b/src/style/_layout.scss
index 9b38a700..95584a7c 100644
--- a/src/style/_layout.scss
+++ b/src/style/_layout.scss
@@ -543,14 +543,14 @@
 
 .response-col_description__inner
 {
-    span
+    div.markdown, div.renderedMarkdown
     {
         font-size: 12px;
         font-style: italic;
 
         display: block;
 
-        margin: 10px 0;
+        margin: 0;
         padding: 10px;
 
         border-radius: 4px;