diff --git a/java/src/main/java/com/google/budoux/HTMLProcessor.java b/java/src/main/java/com/google/budoux/HTMLProcessor.java
index 0337da58..2e504863 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/com/google/budoux/HTMLProcessor.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/com/google/budoux/HTMLProcessor.java
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ public void head(Node node, int depth) {
         output.append(((TextNode) node).getWholeText());
       }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void tail(Node node, int depth) {}
   }
 
   private static class PhraseResolvingNodeVisitor implements NodeVisitor {