diff --git a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/common.scala b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/common.scala
index c0c959cf205c..0811d217537f 100644
--- a/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/common.scala
+++ b/scaladoc/src/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/common.scala
@@ -63,11 +63,16 @@ def yamlParser(using ctx: StaticSiteContext): Parser = Parser.builder(defaultMar
 def loadTemplateFile(file: File, defaultTitle: Option[TemplateName] = None)(using ctx: StaticSiteContext): TemplateFile = {
   val lines = Files.readAllLines(file.toPath).asScala.toList
 
-  val (config, content) = if (lines.head == ConfigSeparator) {
+  val (config, content) = if (!lines.isEmpty && lines.head == ConfigSeparator) {
     // Taking the second occurrence of ConfigSeparator.
     // The rest may appear within the content.
-    val index = lines.drop(1).indexOf(ConfigSeparator) + 2
-    (lines.take(index), lines.drop(index))
+    val secondSeparatorIndex = lines.drop(1).indexOf(ConfigSeparator)
+    if secondSeparatorIndex != -1 then
+      (lines.take(secondSeparatorIndex + 2), lines.drop(secondSeparatorIndex + 2))
+    else
+      // If there is no second occurrence of ConfigSeparator, we assume that the
+      // whole file is config.
+      (lines.tail, Nil)
   } else (Nil, lines)
 
   val configParsed = yamlParser.parse(config.mkString(LineSeparator))
diff --git a/scaladoc/test-documentations/emptyPage/_docs/hello.md b/scaladoc/test-documentations/emptyPage/_docs/hello.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/scaladoc/test-documentations/noConfigEnd/_docs/hello.md b/scaladoc/test-documentations/noConfigEnd/_docs/hello.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3809c65bce02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scaladoc/test-documentations/noConfigEnd/_docs/hello.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+title: My page
+foo: bar
diff --git a/scaladoc/test/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/SiteGeneratationTest.scala b/scaladoc/test/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/SiteGeneratationTest.scala
index 7ce16933997a..e012044156cc 100644
--- a/scaladoc/test/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/SiteGeneratationTest.scala
+++ b/scaladoc/test/dotty/tools/scaladoc/site/SiteGeneratationTest.scala
@@ -95,6 +95,22 @@ class SiteGeneratationTest extends BaseHtmlTest:
     testApiPages(mainTitle = projectName, parents = Nil, hasToplevelIndexIndex = false)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  def emptyPage() = withGeneratedSite(testDocPath.resolve("emptyPage")){
+    withHtmlFile("docs/hello.html") { content =>
+      // There should be no content as the page body is empty.
+      content.assertTextsIn("#content", Nil*)
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  def noConfigEnd() = withGeneratedSite(testDocPath.resolve("noConfigEnd")){
+    withHtmlFile("docs/hello.html") { content =>
+      // There should be no content as the page body is empty.
+      content.assertTextsIn("#content", Nil*)
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   def staticLinking() = withGeneratedSite(testDocPath.resolve("static-links")){