diff --git a/src/main/resources/google_checks.xml b/src/main/resources/google_checks.xml
index 7b6d2abd5..d0fd36a92 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/google_checks.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/google_checks.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
             <property name="allowEmptyTypes" value="true"/>
             <property name="allowEmptyLoops" value="true"/>
             <message key="ws.notFollowed"
-             value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not followed by whitespace."/>
+             value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not followed by whitespace. Empty blocks may only be represented as {} when not part of a multi-block statement (4.1.3)"/>
              <message key="ws.notPreceded"
              value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not preceded with whitespace."/>
         </module>