diff --git a/template/CONTRIBUTING.md.jinja b/template/CONTRIBUTING.md.jinja
index 2ddb148..9cbbd5c 100644
--- a/template/CONTRIBUTING.md.jinja
+++ b/template/CONTRIBUTING.md.jinja
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ shows it. The product card, the banners and the listing photos are copied from
 upload. When it has expired, run the Build workflow on the tag again from the
 Actions tab.
 
+While `description.md` still has `FACTS-STRIP-URL` for the facts strip,
+`description.html` leaves the strip out and the build prints a warning. Upload
+`banners/facts-strip-2400x136.png` through DriverCentral's description editor
+and put the URL it gives in its place.
+
 Step 1 rewrites tracked files in place. Formatting covers `tools/*.py`, all Lua
 under `drivers/`, `src/`, `test/`, `tools/` and `vendor/`, and every Markdown
 file at the repo root, under `documentation/`, and under
diff --git a/template/Makefile.jinja b/template/Makefile.jinja
index 7dbc9db..0347de0 100644
--- a/template/Makefile.jinja
+++ b/template/Makefile.jinja
@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ docs-drivercentral: preprocess $(VENV_STAMP)
 		$(VENV_PY) tools/docs.py description \
 			resources/drivercentral/description.md dist/drivercentral/listing/description.html; \
 	fi
+	@if grep -q FACTS-STRIP-URL resources/drivercentral/description.md 2>/dev/null; then \
+		echo "::warning file=resources/drivercentral/description.md::The facts strip isn't uploaded to DriverCentral yet, so description.html has no facts strip. Upload banners/facts-strip-2400x136.png through the description editor and put its URL in place of FACTS-STRIP-URL."; \
+	fi
 	@cd resources/drivercentral 2>/dev/null || exit 0; \
 	for f in product-card-300x300.png banners/*.png photos/*.png; do \
 		[ -f "$$f" ] || continue; \
diff --git a/template/tools/docs.py b/template/tools/docs.py
index e391868..d813291 100755
--- a/template/tools/docs.py
+++ b/template/tools/docs.py
@@ -418,9 +418,16 @@ def revisions(input_path: Path, output_path: Path) -> None:
     output_path.write_text(html, encoding="utf-8")
 
 
+_STRIP_PLACEHOLDER_RE = re.compile(
+    r'(?:<p>)?<img[^>]*src="FACTS-STRIP-URL"[^>]*>(?:</p>)?\n?'
+)
+
+
 def description(input_path: Path, output_path: Path) -> None:
     md = input_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-    output_path.write_text(_drivercentral_html(md), encoding="utf-8")
+    # Until the strip is uploaded, a paste shows no image rather than a broken one.
+    html = _STRIP_PLACEHOLDER_RE.sub("", _drivercentral_html(md))
+    output_path.write_text(html, encoding="utf-8")
 
 
 def fmt(args: list[str]) -> int: