diff --git a/Content.Server/GameTicking/Rules/TraitorRuleSystem.cs b/Content.Server/GameTicking/Rules/TraitorRuleSystem.cs
index 1987613763..8df6ed1098 100644
--- a/Content.Server/GameTicking/Rules/TraitorRuleSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/GameTicking/Rules/TraitorRuleSystem.cs
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ public sealed class TraitorRuleSystem : GameRuleSystem<TraitorRuleComponent>
     // TODO: AntagCodewordsComponent
     private void OnObjectivesTextPrepend(EntityUid uid, TraitorRuleComponent comp, ref ObjectivesTextPrependEvent args)
     {
-        args.Text += "\n" + Loc.GetString("traitor-round-end-codewords", ("codewords", string.Join(", ", comp.Codewords)));
+        if(comp.GiveCodewords)
+            args.Text += "\n" + Loc.GetString("traitor-round-end-codewords", ("codewords", string.Join(", ", comp.Codewords)));
     }
 
     // TODO: figure out how to handle this? add priority to briefing event?