diff --git a/docs/components.md b/docs/components.md
index 6359433b..ed5ee692 100644
--- a/docs/components.md
+++ b/docs/components.md
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ m(ComponentUsingThis, {text: "Hello"})
 // <div>Hello</div>
 ```
 
-Be aware that when using ES5 functions, the value of `this` in nested anonymous functions is not the component instance. There are two recommended ways to get around this Javascript limitation, use ES6 arrow functions, if ES6 is not available, use `vnode.state`.
+Be aware that when using ES5 functions, the value of `this` in nested anonymous functions is not the component instance. There are two recommended ways to get around this Javascript limitation, use ES6 arrow functions, or if ES6 is not available, use `vnode.state`.
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/querystring/tests/test-parseQueryString.js b/querystring/tests/test-parseQueryString.js
index 8d3c100a..89e78ada 100644
--- a/querystring/tests/test-parseQueryString.js
+++ b/querystring/tests/test-parseQueryString.js
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ o.spec("parseQueryString", function() {
 		var data = parseQueryString("?aaa=bbb")
 		o(data).deepEquals({aaa: "bbb"})
 	})
+	o("parses empty string", function() {
+		var data = parseQueryString("")
+		o(data).deepEquals({})
+	})
 	o("parses flat object", function() {
 		var data = parseQueryString("?a=b&c=d")
 		o(data).deepEquals({a: "b", c: "d"})