diff --git a/pyglance/glance/guistatsreport.txt b/pyglance/glance/guistatsreport.txt
index ec1f0bc9083e526986560be19df71581847ed47e..f6a1ff4b3f083c7d8a587acc1302ef538a7be974 100644
--- a/pyglance/glance/guistatsreport.txt
+++ b/pyglance/glance/guistatsreport.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ Copyright (c) 2011 University of Wisconsin SSEC. All rights reserved.
 
 <%inherit file="variablereport.txt"/>
 
-<%block name="statDocLink"></%block>
-
 <%block name="htmlContent">
     
     <h3>${self.title()}</h3>
diff --git a/pyglance/glance/variablereport.txt b/pyglance/glance/variablereport.txt
index c28dda408b71805615e671630ca447a39c3f269a..389b84e620d5a279f624d2a92332b2fc47727388 100644
--- a/pyglance/glance/variablereport.txt
+++ b/pyglance/glance/variablereport.txt
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ Copyright (c) 2011 University of Wisconsin SSEC. All rights reserved.
     <h3>Statistical Summary</h3>
     
     ## list out all of the statistics groups we have
+<%def name="doclink()">
+	% if constants.DOCUMENTATION_PATH_KEY in runInfo:
+		<a href="${runInfo[constants.DOCUMENTATION_PATH_KEY]}">*</a>
+	% else:
+	% endif
+</%def>
+
 	<table>
 	% if groupedStats is UNDEFINED:
 	    % for setName in sorted(list(statGroups)) :
@@ -123,7 +130,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2011 University of Wisconsin SSEC. All rights reserved.
 				<tr><th class="l" colspan="2">${setName}</th></tr>
 					% for statName, statValue in sorted(list(dataSet.items())) :
 						<tr>
-							<td class="n">${statName}<a href="${runInfo[constants.DOCUMENTATION_PATH_KEY]}">*</a>:</td>
+							<td class="n">${statName}${doclink()}:</td>
 							<td class="n">${report.make_formatted_display_string(statValue)}</td>
 						</tr>
 					% endfor
@@ -134,7 +141,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2011 University of Wisconsin SSEC. All rights reserved.
 				<tr><th class="l">${setName}</th><th>Both</th><th>File A</th><th>File B</th></tr>
 					% for statName, statValue in sorted(list(dataSet.items())) :
 						<tr>
-							<td class="n">${statName}<a href="${runInfo[constants.DOCUMENTATION_PATH_KEY]}">*</a>:</td>
+							<td class="n">${statName}${doclink()}:</td>
 							<td class="n">${report.make_formatted_display_string(statValue['both'])}</td>
 							<td class="n">${report.make_formatted_display_string(statValue['a'])}</td>
 							<td class="n">${report.make_formatted_display_string(statValue['b'])}</td>