diff --git a/docs/content/documentation/content/table-of-contents.md b/docs/content/documentation/content/table-of-contents.md
index b42a4dfd..7a94c667 100644
--- a/docs/content/documentation/content/table-of-contents.md
+++ b/docs/content/documentation/content/table-of-contents.md
@@ -12,22 +12,24 @@ documentation for information on its structure.
 Here is an example of using that field to render a two-level table of contents:
 
 ```jinja2
-<ul>
-{% for h1 in page.toc %}
-    <li>
-        <a href="{{h1.permalink | safe}}">{{ h1.title }}</a>
-        {% if h1.children %}
-            <ul>
-                {% for h2 in h1.children %}
-                    <li>
-                        <a href="{{h2.permalink | safe}}">{{ h2.title }}</a>
-                    </li>
-                {% endfor %}
-            </ul>
-        {% endif %}
-    </li>
-{% endfor %}
-</ul>
+{% if page.toc %}
+    <ul>
+    {% for h1 in page.toc %}
+        <li>
+            <a href="{{h1.permalink | safe}}">{{ h1.title }}</a>
+            {% if h1.children %}
+                <ul>
+                    {% for h2 in h1.children %}
+                        <li>
+                            <a href="{{h2.permalink | safe}}">{{ h2.title }}</a>
+                        </li>
+                    {% endfor %}
+                </ul>
+            {% endif %}
+        </li>
+    {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+{% endif %}
 ```
 
 While headers are neatly ordered in this example, it will work just as well with disjoint headers.