--- a/mercurial/templatefilters.py	Fri Jul 19 00:20:53 2013 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/templatefilters.py	Fri Jul 19 12:58:30 2013 -0500
@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@
         return dir
 
 def tabindent(text):
-    """:tabindent: Any text. Returns the text, with every line except the
-    first starting with a tab character.
+    """:tabindent: Any text. Returns the text, with every non-empty line
+    except the first starting with a tab character.
     """
     return indent(text, '\t')