diff --git a/docs/html/conf.py b/docs/html/conf.py
index f81cb6b7dac..2efb7135892 100644
--- a/docs/html/conf.py
+++ b/docs/html/conf.py
@@ -320,6 +320,6 @@ def to_document_name(path, base_dir):
 # -- Options for towncrier_draft extension -----------------------------------
 
 towncrier_draft_autoversion_mode = 'draft'  # or: 'sphinx-release', 'sphinx-version'
-towncrier_draft_include_empty = True
+towncrier_draft_include_empty = False
 towncrier_draft_working_directory = pathlib.Path(docs_dir).parent
 # Not yet supported: towncrier_draft_config_path = 'pyproject.toml'  # relative to cwd