diff --git a/rules-dev.markdown b/rules-dev.markdown
index fd45df8..03f2d96 100644
--- a/rules-dev.markdown
+++ b/rules-dev.markdown
@@ -870,6 +870,10 @@ Long methods can be hard to read and understand.
         <td>Ignore comments</td>
         <td>boolean</td>
         <td>false</td>
+      </tr><tr><td>ignoreEmpty</td>
+        <td>Ignore empty lines</td>
+        <td>boolean</td>
+        <td>false</td>
       </tr></table>
 
 ### Example configuration
@@ -877,6 +881,7 @@ Long methods can be hard to read and understand.
  &lt;parameters&gt;
   &lt;parameter name=&quot;maxLength&quot;&gt;50&lt;/parameter&gt;
   &lt;parameter name=&quot;ignoreComments&quot;&gt;false&lt;/parameter&gt;
+  &lt;parameter name=&quot;ignoreEmpty&quot;&gt;false&lt;/parameter&gt;
  &lt;/parameters&gt;
 &lt;/check&gt;</pre>
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