diff --git a/scripts/process-text-files.py b/scripts/process-text-files.py
index 96e6214..8209843 100644
--- a/scripts/process-text-files.py
+++ b/scripts/process-text-files.py
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ class Cmd(jwutils.Cmd):
             if right_align_match > 0:
                 parts[1] = parts[1].rjust(right_align_match)
             if len(parts) > 2:
-                parts[2] = ' ' + parts[2].strip()
+                p2_stripped = parts[2].strip()
+                if len(p2_stripped) or len(parts) > 3:
+                    parts[2] = ' ' + p2_stripped
             r += parts[0].rstrip().ljust(indent) + ''.join(parts[1:]) + '\n'
             assignments += 1
         if min_assignments is not None and assignments < min_assignments: