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+Add reference to ``empty_parameter_set_mark`` ini option in documentation of ``@pytest.mark.parametrize``
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 The one parameter set which caused a failure previously now
 shows up as an "xfailed (expected to fail)" test.
 
+In case the values provided to ``parametrize`` result in an empty list - for
+example, if they're dynamically generated by some function - the behaviour of
+pytest is defined by the :confval:`empty_parameter_set_mark` option.
+
 To get all combinations of multiple parametrized arguments you can stack
 ``parametrize`` decorators::