* tta/C/convert/convert_html.c (html_prepare_converted_output_info):
access command flags only if an element is not a text element.

* tta/perl/Makefile.tres, tta/perl/t/converters_tests.t
(documentinfo_with_empty_line): new test with empty line in
@documentinfo.
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dca6325..2b8889a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 2026-05-13 Patrice Dumas  <pertusus@free.fr>
 
+	* tta/C/convert/convert_html.c (html_prepare_converted_output_info):
+	access command flags only if an element is not a text element.
+
+	* tta/perl/Makefile.tres, tta/perl/t/converters_tests.t
+	(documentinfo_with_empty_line): new test with empty line in
+	@documentinfo.
+
+2026-05-13 Patrice Dumas  <pertusus@free.fr>
+
 	Do not install nor put on the web the texi2any internals manual
 
 	* doc/Makefile.am (wwwdoc-build, wwwdoc-install): do not generate the
diff --git a/tta/C/convert/convert_html.c b/tta/C/convert/convert_html.c
index 6f0fe2c..428af6e 100644
--- a/tta/C/convert/convert_html.c
+++ b/tta/C/convert/convert_html.c
@@ -1180,7 +1180,8 @@
               char *element_metadata_str;
 
               if (element->type == ET_arguments_line
-                  || command_other_flags (element) & CF_metadata)
+                  || (! (type_data[element->type].flags & TF_text)
+                      && command_other_flags (element) & CF_metadata))
                 continue;
 
               /* can be NULL in case the element is ignored, for example
@@ -1228,7 +1229,6 @@
       html_translate_names (self);
     }
 
-
   /* reset in case the user changed customization variables in handlers */
   destroy_text_options (self->convert_text_options);
   self->convert_text_options
diff --git a/tta/perl/Makefile.tres b/tta/perl/Makefile.tres
index e4b5c2e..d75c991 100644
--- a/tta/perl/Makefile.tres
+++ b/tta/perl/Makefile.tres
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@
   t/results/converters_tests/definition_commands.pl \
   t/results/converters_tests/definition_commands/res_html \
   t/results/converters_tests/definition_commands/res_latex \
+  t/results/converters_tests/documentinfo_with_empty_line.pl \
   t/results/converters_tests/email_table_command_as_argument.pl \
   t/results/converters_tests/empty.pl \
   t/results/converters_tests/empty/res_docbook \
diff --git a/tta/perl/t/converters_tests.t b/tta/perl/t/converters_tests.t
index 72b2140..bc02d43 100644
--- a/tta/perl/t/converters_tests.t
+++ b/tta/perl/t/converters_tests.t
@@ -1540,6 +1540,20 @@
 @node chapter
 @chapter Chap
 '],
+['documentinfo_with_empty_line',
+'
+@documentinfo
+@title yup
+
+@author Toto
+@end documentinfo
+
+@node Top
+@top top
+
+@node chapter
+@chapter Chap
+']
 );
 
 my @html_text_cases = (
@@ -1789,6 +1803,7 @@
  'contents_at_document_begin_inline' => 1,
  'contents_at_document_begin_separate_element' => 1,
  'metadata_in_documentinfo' => 1,
+ 'documentinfo_with_empty_line' => 1,
 );
 
 my %file_html_tests = (
@@ -1801,6 +1816,7 @@
 my %docbooc_doc_tests = (
  'line_breaks' => 1,
  'metadata_in_documentinfo' => 1,
+ 'documentinfo_with_empty_line' => 1,
 );
 
 my %file_latex_tests = (
diff --git a/tta/perl/t/results/converters_tests/documentinfo_with_empty_line.pl b/tta/perl/t/results/converters_tests/documentinfo_with_empty_line.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a938f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tta/perl/t/results/converters_tests/documentinfo_with_empty_line.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+use vars qw(%result_texis %result_texts %result_tree_text %result_errors
+   %result_indices %result_floats %result_nodes_list %result_sections_list
+   %result_sectioning_root %result_headings_list
+   %result_converted %result_converted_errors %result_indices_sort_strings);
+
+use utf8;
+
+$result_tree_text{'documentinfo_with_empty_line'} = '*document_root C5
+ *before_node_section C3
+  {empty_line:\\n}
+  *@documentinfo C5 l2
+   *arguments_line C1
+    *block_line_arg C1
+     {spaces_before_argument:\\n}
+   *@title C1 l3
+    *line_arg C3
+     {spaces_before_argument: }
+     {yup}
+     {spaces_after_argument:\\n}
+   {empty_line:\\n}
+   *@author C1 l5
+   |EXTRA
+   |global_command_number:{1}
+    *line_arg C3
+     {spaces_before_argument: }
+     {Toto}
+     {spaces_after_argument:\\n}
+   *@end C1 l6
+   |EXTRA
+   |text_arg:{documentinfo}
+    *line_arg C3
+     {spaces_before_argument: }
+     {documentinfo}
+     {spaces_after_argument:\\n}
+  {empty_line:\\n}
+ *@node C1 l8 {Top}
+ |EXTRA
+ |identifier:{Top}
+ |is_target:{1}
+ |node_number:{1}
+  *arguments_line C1
+   *line_arg C3
+    {spaces_before_argument: }
+    {Top}
+    {spaces_after_argument:\\n}
+ *@top C2 l9 {top}
+ |EXTRA
+ |section_level:{0}
+ |section_number:{1}
+  *arguments_line C1
+   *line_arg C3
+    {spaces_before_argument: }
+    {top}
+    {spaces_after_argument:\\n}
+  {empty_line:\\n}
+ *@node C1 l11 {chapter}
+ |EXTRA
+ |identifier:{chapter}
+ |is_target:{1}
+ |node_number:{2}
+  *arguments_line C1
+   *line_arg C3
+    {spaces_before_argument: }
+    {chapter}
+    {spaces_after_argument:\\n}
+ *@chapter C1 l12 {Chap}
+ |EXTRA
+ |section_heading_number:{1}
+ |section_level:{1}
+ |section_number:{2}
+  *arguments_line C1
+   *line_arg C3
+    {spaces_before_argument: }
+    {Chap}
+    {spaces_after_argument:\\n}
+';
+
+
+$result_texis{'documentinfo_with_empty_line'} = '
+@documentinfo
+@title yup
+
+@author Toto
+@end documentinfo
+
+@node Top
+@top top
+
+@node chapter
+@chapter Chap
+';
+
+
+$result_texts{'documentinfo_with_empty_line'} = '
+
+top
+***
+
+1 Chap
+******
+';
+
+$result_errors{'documentinfo_with_empty_line'} = '';
+
+$result_nodes_list{'documentinfo_with_empty_line'} = '1|Top
+ associated_section: top
+ associated_title_command: top
+ node_directions:
+  next->chapter
+2|chapter
+ associated_section: 1 Chap
+ associated_title_command: 1 Chap
+ node_directions:
+  prev->Top
+  up->Top
+';
+
+$result_sections_list{'documentinfo_with_empty_line'} = '1|top
+ associated_anchor_command: Top
+ associated_node: Top
+ toplevel_directions:
+  next->Chap
+ section_children:
+  1|Chap
+2|Chap
+ associated_anchor_command: chapter
+ associated_node: chapter
+ section_directions:
+  up->top
+ toplevel_directions:
+  prev->top
+  up->top
+';
+
+$result_sectioning_root{'documentinfo_with_empty_line'} = 'level: -1
+list:
+ 1|top
+';
+
+$result_headings_list{'documentinfo_with_empty_line'} = '';
+
+
+$result_converted{'plaintext'}->{'documentinfo_with_empty_line'} = 'top
+***
+
+1 Chap
+******
+
+';
+
+
+$result_converted{'html'}->{'documentinfo_with_empty_line'} = '<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<!-- Created by texinfo, https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ -->
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
+<title>yup</title>
+
+<meta name="description" content="yup">
+<meta name="keywords" content="yup">
+<meta name="resource-type" content="document">
+<meta name="distribution" content="global">
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
+
+<link href="#Top" rel="start" title="Top">
+<style type="text/css">
+a.copiable-link {visibility: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 0em}
+span:hover a.copiable-link {visibility: visible}
+</style>
+
+
+</head>
+
+<body>
+
+
+<div class="top-level-extent" id="Top">
+<p class="nav-panel">
+<span class="nav-button"><span class="nav-label">Next: </span><span class="nav-link"><a href="#chapter" accesskey="n" rel="next">Chap</a></span></span><span class="nav-button"> &nbsp; </span></p>
+<h1 class="top" id="top"><span>top<a class="copiable-link" href="#top"> &para;</a></span></h1>
+
+<ul class="mini-toc">
+<li><a href="#chapter" accesskey="1">Chap</a></li>
+</ul>
+<hr>
+<div class="chapter-level-extent" id="chapter">
+<p class="nav-panel">
+<span class="nav-button"><span class="nav-label">Previous: </span><span class="nav-link"><a href="#Top" accesskey="p" rel="prev">top</a></span></span>, <span class="nav-button"><span class="nav-label">Up: </span><span class="nav-link"><a href="#Top" accesskey="u" rel="up">top</a></span></span><span class="nav-button"> &nbsp; </span></p>
+<h2 class="chapter" id="Chap"><span>1 Chap<a class="copiable-link" href="#Chap"> &para;</a></span></h2>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+
+
+</body>
+</html>
+';
+
+
+$result_converted{'xml'}->{'documentinfo_with_empty_line'} = '
+<documentinfo endspaces=" ">
+<title> yup</title>
+
+<author> Toto</author>
+</documentinfo>
+
+<node identifier="Top"><nodename> Top</nodename><nodenext automatic="on"> chapter</nodenext></node>
+<top><sectiontitle> top</sectiontitle>
+
+</top>
+<node identifier="chapter"><nodename> chapter</nodename><nodeprev automatic="on"> Top</nodeprev><nodeup automatic="on"> Top</nodeup></node>
+<chapter><sectiontitle> Chap</sectiontitle>
+</chapter>
+';
+
+
+$result_converted{'docbook_doc'}->{'documentinfo_with_empty_line'} = '<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+  <!ENTITY tex "TeX">
+  <!ENTITY latex "LaTeX">
+]>
+<book>
+<title>yup</title>
+<bookinfo><title>yup</title>
+<authorgroup>
+<collab><collabname>Toto</collabname></collab>
+</authorgroup>
+</bookinfo>
+<chapter label="1" id="chapter">
+<title>Chap</title>
+</chapter>
+</book>
+';
+
+
+$result_converted{'latex_text'}->{'documentinfo_with_empty_line'} = '
+
+\\label{anchor:Top}%
+\\Texinfochapter{{Chap}}
+\\label{anchor:chapter}%
+';
+
+1;