diff --git a/block.hpp b/block.hpp
index c51b020..04daa16 100644
--- a/block.hpp
+++ b/block.hpp
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ namespace quickbook
                     ;
 
                 paragraph =
-                   *(   common
+                   +(   common
                     |   (anychar_p -                    // Make sure we don't go past
                             paragraph_end               // a single block.
                         )                               [actions.plain_char]
diff --git a/doc/quickbook.qbk b/doc/quickbook.qbk
index 658c757..f9cc4dc 100644
--- a/doc/quickbook.qbk
+++ b/doc/quickbook.qbk
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ Features include:
   * Don't treat 4+ consecutive blank lines as multiple paragraph breaks.
 * Don't require commas between authors in docinfo.
 * Allow empty document bodies.
+* Less empty paragraphs.
 
 [endsect]
 
diff --git a/test/empty.quickbook b/test/empty.quickbook
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/test/include_1_5.quickbook b/test/include_1_5.quickbook
index 68ed6c8..df7f45b 100644
--- a/test/include_1_5.quickbook
+++ b/test/include_1_5.quickbook
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 [include include-sub.quickbook]
 [include include-sub2.quickbook]
 [include:foo include-sub2.quickbook]
+[include empty.quickbook]
\ No newline at end of file