commands work regardless of the input in the minibuffer.
The user can exit with null input by typing @key{RET} with an empty
-minibuffer. Then @code{completing-read} returns @code{nil}. This is
-how the user requests whatever default the command uses for the value
-being read. The user can return using @key{RET} in this way regardless
-of the value of @var{require-match}.
+minibuffer. Then @code{completing-read} returns @code{""}. This is how
+the user requests whatever default the command uses for the value being
+read. The user can return using @key{RET} in this way regardless of the
+value of @var{require-match}, and regardless of whether the empty string
+is included in @var{collection}.
The function @code{completing-read} works by calling
@code{read-minibuffer}. It uses @code{minibuffer-local-completion-map}