diff --git a/lib/hpricot/inspect.rb b/lib/hpricot/inspect.rb
index 67df4d6..e46433e 100644
--- a/lib/hpricot/inspect.rb
+++ b/lib/hpricot/inspect.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def pretty_print(q)
 
   class Doc
     def pretty_print(q)
-      q.object_group(self) { children.each {|elt| q.breakable; q.pp elt } }
+      q.object_group(self) { children.each {|elt| q.breakable; q.pp elt } if children }
     end
     alias inspect pretty_print_inspect
   end