diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bbfae25..6afcad7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ contain anything, specify it as `list`:
 ...   raise AssertionError('MultipleInvalid not raised')
 ... except MultipleInvalid as e:
 ...   exc = e
->>> str(exc) == "not a valid value"
+>>> str(exc) == "not a valid value @ data[1]"
 True
 >>> schema([])
 []
diff --git a/voluptuous/schema_builder.py b/voluptuous/schema_builder.py
index d487018..6667023 100644
--- a/voluptuous/schema_builder.py
+++ b/voluptuous/schema_builder.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def _compile(self, schema):
             return self._compile_object(schema)
         if isinstance(schema, collections.Mapping):
             return self._compile_dict(schema)
-        elif isinstance(schema, list) and len(schema):
+        elif isinstance(schema, list):
             return self._compile_list(schema)
         elif isinstance(schema, tuple):
             return self._compile_tuple(schema)
@@ -551,6 +551,10 @@ def validate_sequence(path, data):
 
             # Empty seq schema, allow any data.
             if not schema:
+                if data:
+                    raise er.MultipleInvalid([
+                        er.ValueInvalid('not a valid value', [value]) for value in data
+                    ])
                 return data
 
             out = []