Index: src/includes/topics/template.php
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--- src/includes/topics/template.php	(revision 7250)
+++ src/includes/topics/template.php	(working copy)
@@ -3275,7 +3275,9 @@
  * @param array $args See {@link bbp_get_single_topic_description()}
  */
 function bbp_single_topic_description( $args = array() ) {
-	echo bbp_get_single_topic_description( $args );
+	if ( apply_filters( 'bbp_use_single_topic_description', true, $args ) ) {
+		echo bbp_get_single_topic_description( $args );
+	}
 }
 	/**
 	 * Return a fancy description of the current topic, including total topics,