diff --git a/docs/checks/README-empty-qstringliteral.md b/docs/checks/README-empty-qstringliteral.md
index fe8ba4e..8c793c6 100644
--- a/docs/checks/README-empty-qstringliteral.md
+++ b/docs/checks/README-empty-qstringliteral.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # empty-qstringliteral
 
-Suggests to use an empty `QString` instead of an empty `QStringLiteral`.
-The later causes unneeded code bloat.
+Suggests to use `QLatin1String("")` instead of `QStringLiteral()` and `QStringLiteral("")`.
+`QStringLiteral` should only be used where it would reduce memory allocations.
 
-You should use `QString()` instead of `QStringLiteral()` and `QStringLiteral("")`.
+Note that, counterintuitively, both `QStringLiteral().isNull()` and `QStringLiteral("").isNull()` are `false`,
+so do use exactly `QLatin1String("")` and not `QLatin1String()`, in both cases.
 
-Note: Beware that `QString().isNull()` is `true` while both `QStringLiteral().isNull()` and `QStringLiteral("").isNull()` are `false`.
-So be sure not to introduce subtle bugs when doing such replacements. In most cases it's simply a matter of using `isEmpty()` instead, which is `true` for all cases above.
+If in your code `isNull()` and `isEmpty()` are interchangeable, then simply use `QString()`.
diff --git a/src/checks/level0/empty-qstringliteral.cpp b/src/checks/level0/empty-qstringliteral.cpp
index 7e90837..268abeb 100644
--- a/src/checks/level0/empty-qstringliteral.cpp
+++ b/src/checks/level0/empty-qstringliteral.cpp
@@ -1,83 +1,83 @@
 /*
   This file is part of the clazy static checker.
 
     Copyright (C) 2018 Sergio Martins <smartins@kde.org>
 
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
     License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
     version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
     This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
     Library General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
     along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
     the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
     Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
 
 #include "empty-qstringliteral.h"
 #include "QtUtils.h"
 #include "SourceCompatibilityHelpers.h"
 #include "PreProcessorVisitor.h"
 #include "ClazyContext.h"
 
 #include <clang/AST/Decl.h>
 #include <clang/AST/Expr.h>
 #include <clang/AST/Stmt.h>
 #include <clang/Basic/LLVM.h>
 #include <clang/Basic/SourceLocation.h>
 #include <llvm/ADT/StringRef.h>
 #include <llvm/Support/Casting.h>
 
 using namespace clang;
 using namespace std;
 
 
 EmptyQStringliteral::EmptyQStringliteral(const std::string &name, ClazyContext *context)
     : CheckBase(name, context)
 {
 }
 
 void EmptyQStringliteral::VisitStmt(clang::Stmt *stmt)
 {
     auto declstm = dyn_cast<DeclStmt>(stmt);
     if (!declstm || !declstm->isSingleDecl())
         return;
 
     auto vd = dyn_cast<VarDecl>(declstm->getSingleDecl());
     if (!vd || clazy::name(vd) != "qstring_literal")
         return;
 
     Expr *expr = vd->getInit();
     auto initListExpr = expr ? dyn_cast<InitListExpr>(expr) : nullptr;
     if (!initListExpr || initListExpr->getNumInits() != 2)
         return;
 
     Expr *init = initListExpr->getInit(1);
     auto literal = init ? dyn_cast<StringLiteral>(init) : nullptr;
     if (!literal || literal->getByteLength() != 0)
         return;
 
     if (!clazy::getLocStart(stmt).isMacroID())
         return;
 
     if (maybeIgnoreUic(clazy::getLocStart(stmt)))
         return;
 
-    emitWarning(stmt, "Use QString instead of an empty QStringLiteral");
+    emitWarning(stmt, "Use an empty QLatin1String instead of an empty QStringLiteral");
 }
 
 bool EmptyQStringliteral::maybeIgnoreUic(SourceLocation loc) const
 {
     PreProcessorVisitor *preProcessorVisitor = m_context->preprocessorVisitor;
 
     // Since 5.12 uic no longer uses QStringLiteral("")
     if (preProcessorVisitor && preProcessorVisitor->qtVersion() >= 51200)
         return false;
 
     return clazy::isUIFile(loc, sm());
 }
diff --git a/tests/empty-qstringliteral/main.cpp.expected b/tests/empty-qstringliteral/main.cpp.expected
index d4591f0..b98d182 100644
--- a/tests/empty-qstringliteral/main.cpp.expected
+++ b/tests/empty-qstringliteral/main.cpp.expected
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-empty-qstringliteral/main.cpp:7:5: warning: Use QString instead of an empty QStringLiteral [-Wclazy-empty-qstringliteral]
-empty-qstringliteral/main.cpp:8:5: warning: Use QString instead of an empty QStringLiteral [-Wclazy-empty-qstringliteral]
-empty-qstringliteral/main.cpp:10:18: warning: Use QString instead of an empty QStringLiteral [-Wclazy-empty-qstringliteral]
+empty-qstringliteral/main.cpp:7:5: warning: Use an empty QLatin1String instead of an empty QStringLiteral [-Wclazy-empty-qstringliteral]
+empty-qstringliteral/main.cpp:8:5: warning: Use an empty QLatin1String instead of an empty QStringLiteral [-Wclazy-empty-qstringliteral]
+empty-qstringliteral/main.cpp:10:18: warning: Use an empty QLatin1String instead of an empty QStringLiteral [-Wclazy-empty-qstringliteral]