diff --git a/.changeset/fix-render-label-empty-segments.md b/.changeset/fix-render-label-empty-segments.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28716a88c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-render-label-empty-segments.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@doc-kit/generator-react': patch
+---
+
+Avoid rendering empty label segments and ensure repeated label segments use unique keys.
diff --git a/packages/react/src/html/ui/utils/__tests__/renderLabel.test.mjs b/packages/react/src/html/ui/utils/__tests__/renderLabel.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e95b890cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/html/ui/utils/__tests__/renderLabel.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { mkdtemp, rm } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+
+import {
+  setConfig,
+  default as getConfig,
+} from '@doc-kit/core/utils/configuration/index.mjs';
+
+import { buildServer } from '../../../bundlers/vite.mjs';
+
+const output = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'doc-kit-render-label-test-'));
+const renderLabelModule = await buildServer({
+  entry: `export { renderLabel } from ${JSON.stringify(
+    pathToFileURL(fileURLToPath(new URL('../renderLabel.jsx', import.meta.url)))
+      .href
+  )};`,
+  virtualImports: {},
+  outDir: output,
+  config: await setConfig({
+    target: ['html'],
+    output,
+    version: 'v22.0.0',
+    changelog: [],
+    generators: {
+      html: {},
+    },
+  }).then(() => getConfig('html')),
+});
+const { renderLabel } = await import(renderLabelModule);
+
+process.once('exit', () => rm(output, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+
+describe('renderLabel', () => {
+  it('does not render elements for empty segments', () => {
+    const result = renderLabel('`value`');
+
+    assert.equal(result.length, 3);
+    assert.equal(result[0], null);
+    assert.equal(result[1].type, 'code');
+    assert.equal(result[2], null);
+  });
+
+  it('uses unique keys when segments have the same content', () => {
+    const result = renderLabel('text `value` text `value`');
+    const elements = result.filter(Boolean);
+    const keys = elements.map(segment => segment.key);
+
+    assert.deepEqual(keys, [0, 1, 2, 3]);
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      elements.map(segment => [segment.type, segment.props.children]),
+      [
+        ['span', 'text '],
+        ['code', 'value'],
+        ['span', ' text '],
+        ['code', 'value'],
+      ]
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/react/src/html/ui/utils/renderLabel.jsx b/packages/react/src/html/ui/utils/renderLabel.jsx
index a7390bc29..1d3f6bc25 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/html/ui/utils/renderLabel.jsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/html/ui/utils/renderLabel.jsx
@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@ export const renderLabel = label => {
   }
 
   // Odd-indexed segments sat between a pair of backticks.
-  return segments.map((segment, index) =>
-    index % 2 ? (
-      <code key={`code:${segment}`}>{segment}</code>
+  return segments.map((segment, index) => {
+    if (!segment) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    return index % 2 ? (
+      <code key={index}>{segment}</code>
     ) : (
-      <span key={`text:${segment}`}>{segment}</span>
-    )
-  );
+      <span key={index}>{segment}</span>
+    );
+  });
 };