diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb
index 9be990318d..1667fdfc7c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/create.rb
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ module Homebrew
 
   def __gets
     gots = $stdin.gets.chomp
-    if gots.empty? then nil else gots end
+    gots.empty? ? nil : gots
   end
 end