diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/validate/report/FullReport.java b/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/validate/report/FullReport.java
index 1e27ff528..7485053cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/validate/report/FullReport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/validate/report/FullReport.java
@@ -69,9 +69,12 @@ protected void append(Status status, String lidvid, String target) {
     this.getWriter().print(status.getName());
     this.getWriter().print(": ");
     this.getWriter().print(target);
-    this.getWriter().print(" (");
-    this.getWriter().print(lidvid);
-    this.getWriter().println(")");
+    if (!lidvid.isEmpty()) {
+      this.getWriter().print(" (");
+      this.getWriter().print(lidvid);
+      this.getWriter().print(")");
+    }
+    this.getWriter().println();
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/validate/report/Report.java b/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/validate/report/Report.java
index 2c5eeb73d..050845abc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/validate/report/Report.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/nasa/pds/validate/report/Report.java
@@ -300,13 +300,15 @@ final public void stopBody() {
     this.end (Block.BODY);
   }
   private String lidvid (URI target) {
-    String result = "XML could not be parsed.";
+    String result = "";
     try {
       if (target != null && TargetExaminer.isTargetALabel(target.toURL())) {
         List<String> parts = TargetExaminer.getTargetContent(target.toURL(),
             "//Identification_Area", "logical_identifier", "version_id");
         if (parts.size() == 2) {
           result = parts.get(0) + "::" + parts.get(1);
+        } else {
+          result = "LIDVID could not be extracted.";
         }
       }
     } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {