diff --git a/spec_parser/mdparsing.py b/spec_parser/mdparsing.py
index 4b41615..1e79fcc 100644
--- a/spec_parser/mdparsing.py
+++ b/spec_parser/mdparsing.py
@@ -39,10 +39,15 @@ def load(self, fpath):
         for p in parts[2:]:
             if p.strip():
                 m = re.fullmatch(self.RE_EXTRACT_HEADER_CONTENT, p)
-                header = m.group(1)
-                content = m.group(2).strip()
-                if content:
-                    self.sections[header] = content
+                if m is None:
+                    logging.error(f"File {fpath!s} may contain an empty section at `{p}'")
+                else:
+                    header = m.group(1)
+                    content = m.group(2).strip()
+                    if content:
+                        self.sections[header] = content
+                    else:
+                        logging.error(f"Content under header `{header}' in File {fpath!s} is empty.")
 
 
 class Section: