diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/formats.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/formats.js
index 998855c5bd4..dd0a9040b6b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/formats.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/formats.js
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ instance.web.format_value = function (value, descriptor, value_if_empty) {
     //noinspection FallthroughInSwitchStatementJS
     switch (value) {
         case '':
-            if (descriptor.type === 'char') {
+            if (descriptor.type === 'char' || descriptor.type === 'text') {
                 return '';
             }
             console.warn('Field', descriptor, 'had an empty string as value, treating as false...');