diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
index 149b48c6ee..4e84461019 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+coala-bears 0.10.2
+==================
+
+Bugfixes:
+
+- KeywordBear doesn't report false results when unsetting it. Previously,
+  it used to match every alphabet instead of matching nothing.
+
 coala-bears 0.10.1
 ==================
 
diff --git a/bears/general/KeywordBear.py b/bears/general/KeywordBear.py
index bb81ae6e61..7dc40fa751 100644
--- a/bears/general/KeywordBear.py
+++ b/bears/general/KeywordBear.py
@@ -96,13 +96,14 @@ def run(self,
         '''
         comments = list(_get_comments(dependency_results))
 
-        simple_keywords_regex = re.compile(
-            '(' + '|'.join(re.escape(key) for key in keywords) + ')',
-            re.IGNORECASE)
-
-        message = "The line contains the keyword '{}'."
-        yield from self.check_keywords(filename, file, comments,
-                                       simple_keywords_regex, message)
+        if keywords:
+            simple_keywords_regex = re.compile(
+                '(' + '|'.join(re.escape(key) for key in keywords) + ')',
+                re.IGNORECASE)
+
+            message = "The line contains the keyword '{}'."
+            yield from self.check_keywords(filename, file, comments,
+                                           simple_keywords_regex, message)
 
         if regex_keyword is not '':
             regex = re.compile(regex_keyword)
diff --git a/tests/general/KeywordBearTest.py b/tests/general/KeywordBearTest.py
index 1389a41073..a8f33c37fd 100644
--- a/tests/general/KeywordBearTest.py
+++ b/tests/general/KeywordBearTest.py
@@ -239,3 +239,12 @@ def test_wrong_language(self):
                 self.assertIn(log.output[0],
                               'ERROR:root:coalang specification'
                               ' for anything not found.')
+
+    def test_empty_keywords_list(self):
+        self.section.append(Setting('keywords', ''))
+
+        text = ['bears = KeywordBear\n']
+
+        with execute_bear(self.uut, filename='F', file=text,
+                          dependency_results=self.dep_results) as result:
+            self.assertEqual(len(result), 0)