diff --git a/src/addon/mod/url/components/index/addon-mod-url-index.html b/src/addon/mod/url/components/index/addon-mod-url-index.html
index 00e14a049..8bfe7d722 100644
--- a/src/addon/mod/url/components/index/addon-mod-url-index.html
+++ b/src/addon/mod/url/components/index/addon-mod-url-index.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 <!-- Content. -->
 <core-loading [hideUntil]="loaded" class="core-loading-center">
 
-    <core-course-module-description *ngIf="mode != 'iframe'" [description]="description" [component]="component" [componentId]="componentId"></core-course-module-description>
+    <core-course-module-description *ngIf="displayDescription" [description]="description" [component]="component" [componentId]="componentId"></core-course-module-description>
 
     <div *ngIf="shouldEmbed" class="addon-mod_url-embedded-url">
         <img *ngIf="isImage" title="{{name}}" [src]="url">
diff --git a/src/addon/mod/url/components/index/index.ts b/src/addon/mod/url/components/index/index.ts
index 16c7942a8..3b5c581ba 100644
--- a/src/addon/mod/url/components/index/index.ts
+++ b/src/addon/mod/url/components/index/index.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export class AddonModUrlIndexComponent extends CoreCourseModuleMainResourceCompo
     isAudio = false;
     isVideo = false;
     mimetype: string;
+    displayDescription = true;
 
     constructor(injector: Injector, private urlProvider: AddonModUrlProvider, private courseProvider: CoreCourseProvider,
             private urlHelper: AddonModUrlHelperProvider, private mimeUtils: CoreMimetypeUtilsProvider,
@@ -98,6 +99,11 @@ export class AddonModUrlIndexComponent extends CoreCourseModuleMainResourceCompo
             this.description = url.intro || url.description;
             this.dataRetrieved.emit(url);
 
+            if (canGetUrl && url.displayoptions) {
+                const unserialized = this.textUtils.unserialize(url.displayoptions);
+                this.displayDescription = typeof unserialized.printintro == 'undefined' || !!unserialized.printintro;
+            }
+
             if (!canGetUrl) {
                 mod = url;