diff --git a/Doc/library/dis.rst b/Doc/library/dis.rst
index 26b13c87181000..440ca233584e57 100644
--- a/Doc/library/dis.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/dis.rst
@@ -1081,11 +1081,15 @@ iterations of the loop.
 .. opcode:: BUILD_TUPLE (count)
 
    Creates a tuple consuming *count* items from the stack, and pushes the
-   resulting tuple onto the stack.::
+   resulting tuple onto the stack::
 
-      assert count > 0
-      STACK, values = STACK[:-count], STACK[-count:]
-      STACK.append(tuple(values))
+      if count == 0:
+          value = ()
+      else:
+          STACK = STACK[:-count]
+          value = tuple(STACK[-count:])
+
+      STACK.append(value)
 
 
 .. opcode:: BUILD_LIST (count)