diff --git a/src/main/config/component/dock.xml b/src/main/config/component/dock.xml
index e3271c1..cd8c3b6 100644
--- a/src/main/config/component/dock.xml
+++ b/src/main/config/component/dock.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
             with the cursor, and usually perform some action when clicked. This plugin mimics that behaviour by
             transforming a contiguous set of HTML images into an expanding Dock, vertical or horizontal, with or without
             labels.
+
+            Note that this component will not work if it's children render anything else except "<script>", "<a>"
+            or "<img>".
         </description>
         <renderer generate="false" override="true">
             <name>org.richfaces.DockRenderer</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/richfaces/renderkit/html/DockRenderer.java b/src/main/java/org/richfaces/renderkit/html/DockRenderer.java
index 755d20d..96ce2dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/richfaces/renderkit/html/DockRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/richfaces/renderkit/html/DockRenderer.java
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ public class DockRenderer extends HeaderResourcesRendererBase {
         Object styleClass = component.getAttributes().get("styleClass");
         styleClass = styleClass == null ? "" : " " + styleClass.toString();
         writer.writeAttribute(HTML.class_ATTRIBUTE, "rf-dk" + styleClass, HTML.class_ATTRIBUTE);
-        writer.writeAttribute(HTML.style_ATTRIBUTE, component.getAttributes().get("style"), HTML.style_ATTRIBUTE);
+        Object style = component.getAttributes().get("style");
+        style = style == null ? "" : style.toString();
+        writer.writeAttribute(HTML.style_ATTRIBUTE, "display:none;" + style, HTML.style_ATTRIBUTE);
     }
 
     @Override