diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.sh b/scripts/checkpatch.sh
index 1a170892..c58d5b97 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.sh
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ function check_doc()
 	COMMIT=`sed -n "/^+| 20[0-9][0-9]-/p" ${DIFF_DOC_ALL} | tr -d " " | awk -F "|" '{ print $4 }'`
 	SEVERITY=`sed -n "/^+| 20[0-9][0-9]-/p" ${DIFF_DOC_ALL} | tr -d " " | awk -F "|" '{ print $5 }'`
 	HORIZONTAL_LINE=`sed -n "/^+------$/p" ${DIFF_DOC_ALL}`
+	END_LINE=`tail -n 1 ${DIFF_DOC_ALL}`
 	# echo "### ${COMMIT}, ${SEVERITY}, ${TITLE}, ${FILE}"
 
 	# check blank line after Heading 1
@@ -167,6 +168,12 @@ function check_doc()
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
+	# check horizontal line
+	if [ "${END_LINE}" == "+------" ]; then
+		echo "ERROR: ${DOC}: No blank line after '------'"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
 	# check 'Fixed' content
 	if grep -q "^+### Fixed" ${DIFF_DOC_ALL} ; then
 		awk -v RS='### Fixed' 'END{printf "%s", $0}' ${DIFF_DOC_ALL} > ${DIFF_DOC_FIXED}