diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index 8e07c11f40..af5e2ba001 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ function get_column_headers($page) {
 				'name' => __('Name'),
 				'url' => __('URL'),
 				'categories' => __('Categories'),
-				'rel' => __('rel'),
+				'rel' => __('Relationship'),
 				'visible' => __('Visible')
 			);
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/link-manager.php b/wp-admin/link-manager.php
index 83e6f5c82f..632c3803ca 100644
--- a/wp-admin/link-manager.php
+++ b/wp-admin/link-manager.php
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ if ( $links ) {
 					?></td><?php
 					break;
 				case 'rel':
-					?><td <?php echo $attributes ?>><?php echo $link->link_rel; ?></td><?php
+					?><td <?php echo $attributes ?>><?php echo empty($link->link_rel) ? '<br />' : $link->link_rel; ?></td><?php
 					break;
 				case 'visible':
 					?><td <?php echo $attributes ?>><?php echo $visible; ?></td><?php