diff --git a/resources/recipes/wsj.recipe b/resources/recipes/wsj.recipe
index eb473f1121..6095ca71c7 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/wsj.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/wsj.recipe
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ class WallStreetJournal(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 'description':desc, 'date':''})
 
             self.log('\tFound WN article:', title)
+            self.log('\t\t', desc)
 
         return articles
 
@@ -160,14 +161,16 @@ class WallStreetJournal(BasicNewsRecipe):
             title = self.tag_to_string(a).strip() + ' [%s]'%self.tag_to_string(meta)
             url = 'http://online.wsj.com'+a['href']
             desc = ''
-            p = container.find('p')
-            if p is not None:
+            for p in container.findAll('p'):
                 desc = self.tag_to_string(p)
+                if not 'Subscriber Content' in desc:
+                    break
 
             articles.append({'title':title, 'url':url,
                 'description':desc, 'date':''})
 
             self.log('\tFound article:', title)
+            self.log('\t\t', desc)
 
         return articles
 
diff --git a/resources/recipes/wsj_free.recipe b/resources/recipes/wsj_free.recipe
index a4a957fc90..bc16a8de3b 100644
--- a/resources/recipes/wsj_free.recipe
+++ b/resources/recipes/wsj_free.recipe
@@ -143,9 +143,10 @@ class WallStreetJournal(BasicNewsRecipe):
             title = self.tag_to_string(a).strip() + ' [%s]'%self.tag_to_string(meta)
             url = 'http://online.wsj.com'+a['href']
             desc = ''
-            p = container.find('p')
-            if p is not None:
+            for p in container.findAll('p'):
                 desc = self.tag_to_string(p)
+                if not 'Subscriber Content' in desc:
+                    break
 
             articles.append({'title':title, 'url':url,
                 'description':desc, 'date':''})