diff --git a/changes/bug29017 b/changes/bug29017
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c4a53c43f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug29017
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (stats):
+    - When ExtraInfoStatistics is 0, stop including PaddingStatistics in
+      relay and bridge extra-info documents. Fixes bug 29017;
+      bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index eb16037430..52f5bfa0c3 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -2340,7 +2340,7 @@ is non-zero):
     extra-info document. (Default: 0)
 
 [[PaddingStatistics]] **PaddingStatistics** **0**|**1**::
-    Relays only.
+    Relays and bridges only.
     When this option is enabled, Tor collects statistics for padding cells
     sent and received by this relay, in addition to total cell counts.
     These statistics are rounded, and omitted if traffic is low. This
diff --git a/src/feature/relay/router.c b/src/feature/relay/router.c
index e796815409..cdd032f78d 100644
--- a/src/feature/relay/router.c
+++ b/src/feature/relay/router.c
@@ -3028,12 +3028,11 @@ extrainfo_dump_to_string(char **s_out, extrainfo_t *extrainfo,
                         "conn-bi-direct", now, &contents) > 0) {
       smartlist_add(chunks, contents);
     }
-  }
-
-  if (options->PaddingStatistics) {
-    contents = rep_hist_get_padding_count_lines();
-    if (contents)
-      smartlist_add(chunks, contents);
+    if (options->PaddingStatistics) {
+      contents = rep_hist_get_padding_count_lines();
+      if (contents)
+        smartlist_add(chunks, contents);
+    }
   }
 
   /* Add information about the pluggable transports we support. */