diff --git a/src/commands/CmdNews.cpp b/src/commands/CmdNews.cpp
index 2892e75ba..77517ff58 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdNews.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdNews.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ void NewsItem::render () {
   if (_punchline.size ())
     std::cout << footnote.colorize (format ("{1}\n", _punchline));
 
-  std::cout << format ("{1}\n", _update);
+  if (_update.size ())
+    std::cout << format ("{1}\n", _update);
 
   wait_for_enter ();