diff --git a/.travis/deploy_docs.sh b/.travis/deploy_docs.sh
index 13c5f82916..381cc8d94e 100755
--- a/.travis/deploy_docs.sh
+++ b/.travis/deploy_docs.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 # You may obtain a copy of the License at
-# 
+#
 # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 #
 # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ if [[ "${BUILD_RELEASE}" == "unstable" ]]; then
         DOCS_DIR="unstable"
     elif [[ "${BUILD_FOCUS}" = "next" ]]; then
         DOCS_DIR="next-unstable"
-    else 
-        _exit "Unknown build focus" 1 
+    else
+        _exit "Unknown build focus" 1
     fi
 
 elif [[ "${BUILD_RELEASE}" == "stable" ]]; then
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ elif [[ "${BUILD_RELEASE}" == "stable" ]]; then
         DOCS_DIR="latest"
     elif [[ "${BUILD_FOCUS}" = "next" ]]; then
         DOCS_DIR="next"
-    else 
-        _exit "Unknown build focus" 1 
+    else
+        _exit "Unknown build focus" 1
     fi
 
 else
@@ -76,8 +76,13 @@ cp -rf ${DIR}/packages/composer-website/jekylldocs/_site/* ${TODIR}/${DOCS_DIR}/
 
 # Add all the changes, commit, and push to the GitHub repository.
 cd ${TODIR}
-git add .
-git commit -m "Automatic deployment of website"
-git push origin gh-pages
+if git status --porcelain | grep . > /dev/null; then
+    echo "Found doc changes to push"
+    git add .
+    git commit -m "Automatic deployment of website"
+    git push origin gh-pages
+else
+    echo "No doc changes to push"
+fi
 
 _exit "All complete" 0