diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
index 66d5311ab0..ab072b3d63 100644
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'ManiphestTask' => 'applications/maniphest/storage/task',
     'ManiphestTaskAuxiliaryStorage' => 'applications/maniphest/storage/auxiliary',
     'ManiphestTaskDescriptionChangeController' => 'applications/maniphest/controller/descriptionchange',
+    'ManiphestTaskDescriptionDiffController' => 'applications/maniphest/controller/descriptiondiff',
     'ManiphestTaskDescriptionPreviewController' => 'applications/maniphest/controller/descriptionpreview',
     'ManiphestTaskDetailController' => 'applications/maniphest/controller/taskdetail',
     'ManiphestTaskEditController' => 'applications/maniphest/controller/taskedit',
@@ -1131,6 +1132,7 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'ManiphestTask' => 'ManiphestDAO',
     'ManiphestTaskAuxiliaryStorage' => 'ManiphestDAO',
     'ManiphestTaskDescriptionChangeController' => 'ManiphestController',
+    'ManiphestTaskDescriptionDiffController' => 'ManiphestTaskDescriptionChangeController',
     'ManiphestTaskDescriptionPreviewController' => 'ManiphestController',
     'ManiphestTaskDetailController' => 'ManiphestController',
     'ManiphestTaskEditController' => 'ManiphestController',
diff --git a/src/aphront/default/configuration/AphrontDefaultApplicationConfiguration.php b/src/aphront/default/configuration/AphrontDefaultApplicationConfiguration.php
index ec5d10359f..e39bfb4476 100644
--- a/src/aphront/default/configuration/AphrontDefaultApplicationConfiguration.php
+++ b/src/aphront/default/configuration/AphrontDefaultApplicationConfiguration.php
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ class AphrontDefaultApplicationConfiguration
           'edit/(?P<id>\d+)/$' => 'ManiphestTaskEditController',
           'descriptionchange/(?P<id>\d+)/$' =>
             'ManiphestTaskDescriptionChangeController',
+          'descriptiondiff/$' =>
+            'ManiphestTaskDescriptionDiffController',
           'descriptionpreview/$' =>
             'ManiphestTaskDescriptionPreviewController',
         ),
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/controller/descriptionchange/ManiphestTaskDescriptionChangeController.php b/src/applications/maniphest/controller/descriptionchange/ManiphestTaskDescriptionChangeController.php
index 9b7a4b3505..8f9a81945e 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/controller/descriptionchange/ManiphestTaskDescriptionChangeController.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/controller/descriptionchange/ManiphestTaskDescriptionChangeController.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 Facebook, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2012 Facebook, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class ManiphestTaskDescriptionChangeController extends ManiphestController {
 
   private $transactionID;
 
-  private function setTransactionID($transaction_id) {
+  protected function setTransactionID($transaction_id) {
     $this->transactionID = $transaction_id;
     return $this;
   }
@@ -37,17 +37,9 @@ class ManiphestTaskDescriptionChangeController extends ManiphestController {
   }
 
   public function processRequest() {
-
     $request = $this->getRequest();
     $user = $request->getUser();
 
-    // this means we're using "show more" on a diff of a description and
-    // should thus use the rendering reference to identify the transaction
-    $ref = $request->getStr('ref');
-    if ($ref) {
-      $this->setTransactionID($ref);
-    }
-
     $transaction_id = $this->getTransactionID();
     $transaction = id(new ManiphestTransaction())->load($transaction_id);
     if (!$transaction) {
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/controller/descriptiondiff/ManiphestTaskDescriptionDiffController.php b/src/applications/maniphest/controller/descriptiondiff/ManiphestTaskDescriptionDiffController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9e00eddd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/controller/descriptiondiff/ManiphestTaskDescriptionDiffController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @group maniphest
+ */
+final class ManiphestTaskDescriptionDiffController
+  extends ManiphestTaskDescriptionChangeController {
+
+  public function willProcessRequest(array $data) {
+    $ref = $this->getRequest()->getStr('ref');
+    $this->setTransactionID($ref);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/controller/descriptiondiff/__init__.php b/src/applications/maniphest/controller/descriptiondiff/__init__.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e1ba1bbda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/controller/descriptiondiff/__init__.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is automatically generated. Lint this module to rebuild it.
+ * @generated
+ */
+
+
+
+phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'applications/maniphest/controller/descriptionchange');
+
+
+phutil_require_source('ManiphestTaskDescriptionDiffController.php');
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactiondetail/ManiphestTransactionDetailView.php b/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactiondetail/ManiphestTransactionDetailView.php
index 51118261a9..195b9baaaa 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactiondetail/ManiphestTransactionDetailView.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactiondetail/ManiphestTransactionDetailView.php
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ class ManiphestTransactionDetailView extends ManiphestView {
     switch ($transaction->getTransactionType()) {
       case ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_DESCRIPTION:
         $id = $transaction->getID();
+
         $old_text = wordwrap($transaction->getOldValue(), 80);
         $new_text = wordwrap($transaction->getNewValue(), 80);
 
@@ -593,20 +594,6 @@ class ManiphestTransactionDetailView extends ManiphestView {
 
     Javelin::initBehavior('maniphest-transaction-expand');
 
-    switch ($transaction->getTransactionType()) {
-      case ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_DESCRIPTION:
-        require_celerity_resource('differential-changeset-view-css');
-        require_celerity_resource('syntax-highlighting-css');
-        $whitespace_mode = DifferentialChangesetParser::WHITESPACE_SHOW_ALL;
-        Javelin::initBehavior('differential-show-more', array(
-          'uri'         => '/maniphest/task/descriptionchange/'.$id.'/',
-          'whitespace'  => $whitespace_mode,
-        ));
-        break;
-      default:
-        break;
-    }
-
     return javelin_render_tag(
       'a',
       array(
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactionlist/ManiphestTransactionListView.php b/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactionlist/ManiphestTransactionListView.php
index 466c62df05..a7761e291e 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactionlist/ManiphestTransactionListView.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactionlist/ManiphestTransactionListView.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 Facebook, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2012 Facebook, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -60,7 +60,12 @@ class ManiphestTransactionListView extends ManiphestView {
     $last = null;
     $group = array();
     $groups = array();
+    $has_description_transaction = false;
     foreach ($this->transactions as $transaction) {
+      if ($transaction->getTransactionType() ==
+          ManiphestTransactionType::TYPE_DESCRIPTION) {
+        $has_description_transaction = true;
+      }
       if ($last === null) {
         $last = $transaction;
         $group[] = $transaction;
@@ -80,6 +85,16 @@ class ManiphestTransactionListView extends ManiphestView {
       $groups[] = $group;
     }
 
+    if ($has_description_transaction) {
+      require_celerity_resource('differential-changeset-view-css');
+      require_celerity_resource('syntax-highlighting-css');
+      $whitespace_mode = DifferentialChangesetParser::WHITESPACE_SHOW_ALL;
+      Javelin::initBehavior('differential-show-more', array(
+        'uri'         => '/maniphest/task/descriptiondiff/',
+        'whitespace'  => $whitespace_mode,
+      ));
+    }
+
     $sequence = 1;
     foreach ($groups as $group) {
       $view = new ManiphestTransactionDetailView();
diff --git a/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactionlist/__init__.php b/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactionlist/__init__.php
index 6611e4539a..9f8ccfe06d 100644
--- a/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactionlist/__init__.php
+++ b/src/applications/maniphest/view/transactionlist/__init__.php
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@
 
 
 
+phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'applications/differential/parser/changeset');
+phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'applications/maniphest/constants/transactiontype');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'applications/maniphest/view/base');
 phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'applications/maniphest/view/transactiondetail');
+phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'infrastructure/celerity/api');
+phutil_require_module('phabricator', 'infrastructure/javelin/api');
 
 
 phutil_require_source('ManiphestTransactionListView.php');