diff --git a/util/generate-latest-docs.sh b/util/generate-latest-docs.sh
index 9ab501fc93..9c559d8c6d 100755
--- a/util/generate-latest-docs.sh
+++ b/util/generate-latest-docs.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ git rm -rf api/latest
 mkdir -p api # Just to make mv work if the directory is missing
 mv ${TARGET}/reports/apidocs api/latest
 git add -A -f api/latest
-git commit -m "Latest javadoc on successful CI build auto-pushed to gh-pages"
-git push -fq origin gh-pages > /dev/null
-
-echo -e "Published Javadoc to gh-pages.\n"
+if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
+  git commit -m "Latest javadoc on successful CI build auto-pushed to gh-pages"
+  git push -fq origin gh-pages > /dev/null
+  echo "Published Javadoc to gh-pages."
+else
+  echo "No changes to commit."
+fi