diff --git a/py/makeqstrdata.py b/py/makeqstrdata.py
index 4e74ea8419..c4b7be42e7 100644
--- a/py/makeqstrdata.py
+++ b/py/makeqstrdata.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def do_work(infiles):
 
     # process the qstrs, printing out the generated C header file
     print('// This file was automatically generated by makeqstrdata.py')
-    print()
+    print('')
     for qstr in qstrs:
         qhash = compute_hash(qstr)
         qlen = len(qstr)