diff --git a/aio/transforms/examples-package/services/region-parser.js b/aio/transforms/examples-package/services/region-parser.js
index 19556bcc0d..4f144150a9 100644
--- a/aio/transforms/examples-package/services/region-parser.js
+++ b/aio/transforms/examples-package/services/region-parser.js
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function regionParserImpl(contents, fileType) {
 }
 
 function getRegionNames(input) {
-  return input.split(',').map(name => name.trim()).filter(name => name.length > 0);
+  return (input.trim() === '') ? [] : input.split(',').map(name => name.trim());
 }
 
 function removeLast(array, item) {
diff --git a/aio/transforms/examples-package/services/region-parser.spec.js b/aio/transforms/examples-package/services/region-parser.spec.js
index c8c9a62db1..a0e3fc34ca 100644
--- a/aio/transforms/examples-package/services/region-parser.spec.js
+++ b/aio/transforms/examples-package/services/region-parser.spec.js
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ describe('regionParser service', () => {
   it('should parse multiple region names separated by commas', () => {
     const output = regionParser(
         t('/* #docregion , A, B */', 'abc', '/* #enddocregion B */', '/* #docregion C */', 'xyz',
-          '/* #enddocregion A, C, */'),
+          '/* #enddocregion A, C */', '123', '/* #enddocregion */'),
         'test-type');
+    expect(output.regions['']).toEqual(t('abc', 'xyz', '123'));
     expect(output.regions['A']).toEqual(t('abc', 'xyz'));
     expect(output.regions['B']).toEqual(t('abc'));
     expect(output.regions['C']).toEqual(t('xyz'));