1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/optparse.rb b/lib/optparse.rb
index 1d42c79045..9dad2e4eda 100644
--- a/lib/optparse.rb
+++ b/lib/optparse.rb
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ XXX
         style = notwice(default_style.guess(arg = o), style, 'style')
         default_pattern, conv = search(:atype, Object) unless default_pattern
       else
-        desc.push(o)
+        desc.push(o) if o && !o.empty?
       end
     end