diff --git a/md-validator.js b/md-validator.js
index 12f749b..132deec 100644
--- a/md-validator.js
+++ b/md-validator.js
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ var VALIDATE = new function() {
     var telNumberErrorNo, telnum = telephoneNumber + ' ';
     if (telnum.length == 1) {
       //  telNumberErrorNo = 1;
-      return false;
+      return '';
     }
     telnum = (telnum).trim();
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ var VALIDATE = new function() {
     var exp = /^(\+)[\s]*(.*)$/;
     if (exp.test(telnum) == true) {
       //telNumberErrorNo = 2;
-      return false;
+      return '';
     }
 
     // Remove spaces from the telephone number to help validation
@@ -220,14 +220,14 @@ var VALIDATE = new function() {
     exp = /^[0-9]{10,11}$/;
     if (exp.test(telnum) != true) {
       //  telNumberErrorNo = 3;
-      return false;
+      return '';
     }
 
     // Now check that the first digit is 0
     exp = /^0[0-9]{9,10}$/;
     if (exp.test(telnum) != true) {
       // telNumberErrorNo = 4;
-      return false;
+      return '';
     }
 
     // Disallow numbers allocated for dramas.
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ var VALIDATE = new function() {
     for (var i = 0; i < tnexp.length; i++) {
       if (tnexp[i].test(telnum)) {
         telNumberErrorNo = 5;
-        return false;
+        return '';
       }
     }
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ var VALIDATE = new function() {
     exp = (/^(01|02|03|05|070|071|072|073|074|075|07624|077|078|079)[0-9]+$/);
     if (exp.test(telnum) != true) {
       // telNumberErrorNo = 5;
-      return false;
+      return '';
     }
 
     // Telephone number seems to be valid - return the stripped telehone number