diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/regexps.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/regexps.scrbl
index 4fe3307ce7..f25da08d15 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/reference/regexps.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/regexps.scrbl
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ an end-of-file if @racket[input] is an input port).
 (regexp-split #rx"" "12  34")
 (regexp-split #rx" *" "12  34")
 (regexp-split #px"\\b" "12, 13 and 14.")
+(regexp-split #rx" +" "")
 ]}
 
 @;------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/collects/tests/racket/string.rktl b/collects/tests/racket/string.rktl
index 602ee40c2e..1a57a2110d 100644
--- a/collects/tests/racket/string.rktl
+++ b/collects/tests/racket/string.rktl
@@ -311,6 +311,9 @@
   (t '("" "" " " "" "" "") eof " *" "12 34")
   (t '(" " "" "" " " "" "" " " "") eof " *" " 12 34 ")
   (t '("" "" " " "" "" "") " " " *" " 12 34 " 1 6)
+  (t '("") eof " *" "")
+  (t '("") eof " *" "1234" 4)
+  (t '("") "34" " *" "1234" 2 2)
   (t regexp-match-positions*)
   (t '((0 . 0) (1 . 1) (2 . 2) (3 . 3)) eof "" "123")
   (t '((0 . 0) (1 . 1) (2 . 3) (3 . 3) (4 . 4) (5 . 5)) eof " *" "12 34")