diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 38d65c1a094a..f7955e620451 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3ab32df72bfa7bee9126cc5b1abc037aef124f15
+refs/heads/master: 792aa2f2cc4924024e28c9ddf1456434992f9c41
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/kernel-doc b/trunk/scripts/kernel-doc
index 1c1d350b4901..7df099e6d1fd 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/trunk/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1907,7 +1907,7 @@ sub process_file($) {
 		$newsection = $1;
 		$newcontents = $2;
 
-		if ($contents ne "") {
+		if (($contents ne "") && ($contents ne "\n")) {
 		    if (!$in_doc_sect && $verbose) {
 			print STDERR "Warning(${file}:$.): contents before sections\n";
 			++$warnings;