diff --git a/lib/Locale/Po4a/Texinfo.pm b/lib/Locale/Po4a/Texinfo.pm
index b47506995..1c3a4bae2 100644
--- a/lib/Locale/Po4a/Texinfo.pm
+++ b/lib/Locale/Po4a/Texinfo.pm
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ sub translate_buffer_menuentry {
 
     my $translated_buffer = "";
 
-    if (   $buffer =~ m/^(.*?)(::)\s+(.*)$/s
+    if (   $buffer =~ m/^(.*?)(::)(?:\s+(.*))?$/s
         or $buffer =~ m/^(.*?: .*?)(\.)\s+(.*)$/s )
     {
         my ( $name, $sep, $description ) = ( $1, $2, $3 );
@@ -347,8 +347,9 @@ sub translate_buffer_menuentry {
             $translated_buffer .= ' ' x ( $menu_sep_width - 1 - $l );
             $l = $menu_sep_width - 1;
         }
-        ( $t, @e ) = $self->translate_buffer( $description, $no_wrap, @env );
-
+        if ($description) {
+            ( $t, @e ) = $self->translate_buffer( $description, $no_wrap, @env );
+        }
         # Replace newlines with space for proper wrapping
         # See https://github.com/mquinson/po4a/issues/122
         $t =~ s/\n/ /sg;
diff --git a/t/fmt-texinfo.t b/t/fmt-texinfo.t
index 4b067e436..d9ed5df30 100644
--- a/t/fmt-texinfo.t
+++ b/t/fmt-texinfo.t
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use Testhelper;
 
 my @tests;
 
-for my $test (qw(longmenu comments tindex)) {
+for my $test (qw(longmenu partialmenus comments tindex)) {
     push @tests,
       {
         'format' => 'texinfo',
diff --git a/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.norm b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.norm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..992406820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.norm
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+\input texinfo
+@c ===========================================================================
+@c
+@c This file was generated with po4a. Translate the source file.
+@c
+@c ===========================================================================
+
+
+@c These menus do not contain a description, which used to cause a
+@c Texinfo menu entry to not be translated.
+@menu
+* A menu entry without any description::  A menu entry without any 
+                                            description
+* Optional menu name: The menu node::  Optional menu name: The menu node
+@end menu
+
+@node A menu entry without any description
+@chapter A menu entry without any description
+
+@node The menu node
+@chapter Optional menu name
diff --git a/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.po b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.po
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31a14443e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.po
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
+# Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-07-27 17:29-0400\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#. type: chapter
+#: partialmenus.texi:8 partialmenus.texi:10 partialmenus.texi:11
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "A menu entry without any description"
+msgstr "A MENU ENTRY WITHOUT ANY DESCRIPTION"
+
+#. type: menuentry
+#: partialmenus.texi:8
+msgid "Optional menu name: The menu node"
+msgstr "OPTIONAL MENU NAME: THE MENU NODE"
+
+#. type: node
+#: partialmenus.texi:13
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "The menu node"
+msgstr "THE MENU NODE"
+
+#. type: chapter
+#: partialmenus.texi:14
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Optional menu name"
+msgstr "OPTIONAL MENU NAME"
diff --git a/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.pot b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.pot
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0379f805d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.pot
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
+# Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is distributed under the same license as the PACKAGE package.
+# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
+#
+#, fuzzy
+msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2023-08-16 09:47-0400\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
+"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
+"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
+"Language: \n"
+"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
+
+#. type: chapter
+#: partialmenus.texi:8 partialmenus.texi:10 partialmenus.texi:11
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "A menu entry without any description"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: menuentry
+#: partialmenus.texi:8
+msgid "Optional menu name: The menu node"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: node
+#: partialmenus.texi:13
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "The menu node"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: chapter
+#: partialmenus.texi:14
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Optional menu name"
+msgstr ""
diff --git a/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.texi b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.texi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8663a2b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.texi
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+\input texinfo
+
+@c These menus do not contain a description, which used to cause a
+@c Texinfo menu entry to not be translated.
+@menu
+* A menu entry without any description::
+* Optional menu name: The menu node::
+@end menu
+
+@node A menu entry without any description
+@chapter A menu entry without any description
+
+@node The menu node
+@chapter Optional menu name
diff --git a/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.trans b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.trans
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ef742a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/fmt/texinfo/partialmenus.trans
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+\input texinfo
+@c ===========================================================================
+@c
+@c This file was generated with po4a. Translate the source file.
+@c
+@c ===========================================================================
+
+
+@c These menus do not contain a description, which used to cause a
+@c Texinfo menu entry to not be translated.
+@menu
+* A MENU ENTRY WITHOUT ANY DESCRIPTION::  A MENU ENTRY WITHOUT ANY 
+                                            DESCRIPTION
+* OPTIONAL MENU NAME: THE MENU NODE::  OPTIONAL MENU NAME: THE MENU NODE
+@end menu
+
+@node A MENU ENTRY WITHOUT ANY DESCRIPTION
+@chapter A MENU ENTRY WITHOUT ANY DESCRIPTION
+
+@node THE MENU NODE
+@chapter OPTIONAL MENU NAME