diff --git a/src/lang/locale/en.ts b/src/lang/locale/en.ts
index 6c7ce077..c8629328 100644
--- a/src/lang/locale/en.ts
+++ b/src/lang/locale/en.ts
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ export default {
     // line-break-at-document-end.ts
     'line-break-at-document-end': {
       'name': 'Line Break at Document End',
-      'description': 'Ensures that there is exactly one line break at the end of a document.',
+      'description': 'Ensures that there is exactly one line break at the end of a document if the note is not empty.',
     },
     // move-footnotes-to-the-bottom.ts
     'move-footnotes-to-the-bottom': {
diff --git a/src/rules/line-break-at-document-end.ts b/src/rules/line-break-at-document-end.ts
index 4c983b09..4f45a168 100644
--- a/src/rules/line-break-at-document-end.ts
+++ b/src/rules/line-break-at-document-end.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ export default class LineBreakAtDocumentEnd extends RuleBuilder<LineBreakAtDocum
     return LineBreakAtDocumentEndOptions;
   }
   apply(text: string, options: LineBreakAtDocumentEndOptions): string {
+    if (text.length === 0) {
+      return text;
+    }
+
     text = text.replace(/\n+$/g, '');
     text += '\n';
     return text;
@@ -46,6 +50,11 @@ export default class LineBreakAtDocumentEnd extends RuleBuilder<LineBreakAtDocum
           ${''}
         `,
       }),
+      new ExampleBuilder({ // https://github.com/platers/obsidian-linter/issues/1228
+        description: 'Empty files will not have a blank line added',
+        before: dedent``,
+        after: dedent``,
+      }),
     ];
   }
   get optionBuilders(): OptionBuilderBase<LineBreakAtDocumentEndOptions>[] {