diff --git a/src/addon/mod/resource/components/index/addon-mod-resource-index.html b/src/addon/mod/resource/components/index/addon-mod-resource-index.html
index 45056cdcd..bfe0d9270 100644
--- a/src/addon/mod/resource/components/index/addon-mod-resource-index.html
+++ b/src/addon/mod/resource/components/index/addon-mod-resource-index.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 <!-- 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="mode != 'iframe' && (mode != 'embedded' || displayDescription)" [description]="description" [component]="component" [componentId]="componentId"></core-course-module-description>
 
     <ng-container *ngIf="mode == 'iframe'">
         <core-iframe [src]="src"></core-iframe>
diff --git a/src/addon/mod/resource/components/index/index.ts b/src/addon/mod/resource/components/index/index.ts
index 1717d360a..815aa1388 100644
--- a/src/addon/mod/resource/components/index/index.ts
+++ b/src/addon/mod/resource/components/index/index.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export class AddonModResourceIndexComponent extends CoreCourseModuleMainResource
     mode: string;
     src: string;
     contentText: string;
+    displayDescription = true;
 
     constructor(injector: Injector, private resourceProvider: AddonModResourceProvider, private courseProvider: CoreCourseProvider,
             private appProvider: CoreAppProvider, private prefetchHandler: AddonModResourcePrefetchHandler,
@@ -96,6 +97,8 @@ export class AddonModResourceIndexComponent extends CoreCourseModuleMainResource
         }).then((resource) => {
             if (resource) {
                 this.description = resource.intro || resource.description;
+                const options = this.textUtils.unserialize(resource.displayoptions) || {};
+                this.displayDescription = typeof options.printintro == 'undefined' || !!options.printintro;
                 this.dataRetrieved.emit(resource);
             }