diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
index b710311c858..b4aba2993c7 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/format.rs
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ impl clean::FnDecl {
         let amp = if f.alternate() { "&" } else { "&" };
 
         write!(f, "(")?;
-        if let Some(n) = line_wrapping_indent {
+        if let Some(n) = line_wrapping_indent && !self.inputs.values.is_empty() {
             write!(f, "\n{}", Indent(n + 4))?;
         }
         for (i, input) in self.inputs.values.iter().enumerate() {
diff --git a/tests/rustdoc/decl-line-wrapping-empty-arg-list.decl.html b/tests/rustdoc/decl-line-wrapping-empty-arg-list.decl.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..29c08c5bd5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rustdoc/decl-line-wrapping-empty-arg-list.decl.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<pre class="rust item-decl"><code>pub fn create(
+) -&gt; <a class="struct" href="struct.Padding00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.html" title="struct decl_line_wrapping_empty_arg_list::Padding00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000">Padding00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000</a></code></pre>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/rustdoc/decl-line-wrapping-empty-arg-list.rs b/tests/rustdoc/decl-line-wrapping-empty-arg-list.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4cfb87496b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rustdoc/decl-line-wrapping-empty-arg-list.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Ensure that we don't add an extra line containing nothing but whitespace in between the two
+// parentheses of an empty argument list when line-wrapping a function declaration.
+
+// ignore-tidy-linelength
+
+pub struct Padding00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000;
+
+// @has 'decl_line_wrapping_empty_arg_list/fn.create.html'
+// @snapshot decl - '//pre[@class="rust item-decl"]'
+pub fn create() -> Padding00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 {
+    loop {}
+}