diff --git a/searches/exponential_search.py b/searches/exponential_search.py
index ed09b14e101c..259a49936a39 100644
--- a/searches/exponential_search.py
+++ b/searches/exponential_search.py
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ def exponential_search(sorted_collection: list[int], item: int) -> int:
     1
     >>> exponential_search([0, 5, 7, 10, 15], 6)
     -1
+
+        >>> exponential_search([], 1)  # Empty array edge case
+            -1
     """
     if list(sorted_collection) != sorted(sorted_collection):
         raise ValueError("sorted_collection must be sorted in ascending order")