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diff --git a/Lib/difflib.py b/Lib/difflib.py
index 124ae9061a..590785f391 100644
--- a/Lib/difflib.py
+++ b/Lib/difflib.py
@@ -1367,8 +1367,8 @@ def _mdiff(fromlines, tolines, context=None, linejunk=None,
text = lines.pop(0)[2:]
# if line of text is just a newline, insert a space so there is
# something for the user to highlight and see.
- if len(text) <= 1:
- text = ' '+text
+ if not text:
+ text = ' '
# insert marks that won't be noticed by an xml/html escaper.
text = '\0' + format_key + text + '\1'
# Return line of text, first allow user's line formatter to do it's