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diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 079891a04a..79de311358 100644
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -5742,6 +5742,9 @@ static const char isspacetable[256] = {
* limit to the number of fields returned, and trailing null fields are not
* suppressed.
*
+ * When the input +str+ is empty an empty Array is returned as the string is
+ * considered to have no fields to split.
+ *
* " now's the time".split #=> ["now's", "the", "time"]
* " now's the time".split(' ') #=> ["now's", "the", "time"]
* " now's the time".split(/ /) #=> ["", "now's", "", "the", "time"]
@@ -5754,6 +5757,8 @@ static const char isspacetable[256] = {
* "1,2,,3,4,,".split(',') #=> ["1", "2", "", "3", "4"]
* "1,2,,3,4,,".split(',', 4) #=> ["1", "2", "", "3,4,,"]
* "1,2,,3,4,,".split(',', -4) #=> ["1", "2", "", "3", "4", "", ""]
+ *
+ * "".split(',', -1) #=> []
*/
static VALUE