diff --git a/pagure/templates/repo_info.html b/pagure/templates/repo_info.html
index 8014707..28035d3 100644
--- a/pagure/templates/repo_info.html
+++ b/pagure/templates/repo_info.html
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ git push -u origin master</pre>
             <section class="no-readme">
               <div class="card">
                 <div class="card-header text-xs-center text-muted p-t-2 p-b-2">
-                  The {{repo.name}} project has not checked in a README file yet
+                  The {{repo.name}} project's README file is empty or unavailable.
                 </div>
               </div>
             </section>
diff --git a/tests/test_pagure_flask_ui_repo.py b/tests/test_pagure_flask_ui_repo.py
index 5dc4cfd..52a43b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_pagure_flask_ui_repo.py
+++ b/tests/test_pagure_flask_ui_repo.py
@@ -1369,6 +1369,21 @@ class PagureFlaskRepotests(tests.Modeltests):
         self.assertTrue(
             '<td class="cell2"><pre> bar</pre></td>' in output.data)
 
+        # Empty files should also be displayed
+        tests.add_content_to_git(
+            os.path.join(self.path, 'test.git'),
+            filename="emptyfile.md",
+            content="")
+        output = self.app.get('/test/blob/master/f/emptyfile.md')
+        self.assertEqual(output.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertIn(
+            '<a class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" '
+            'href="/test/raw/master/f/emptyfile.md" '
+            'title="View as raw">Raw</a>', output.data)
+        self.assertIn(
+            '<div class="m-a-2">\n'
+            '        \n      </div>', output.data)
+
         # View what's supposed to be an image
         output = self.app.get('/test/blob/master/f/test.jpg')
         self.assertEqual(output.status_code, 200)