diff --git a/crates/ruff_linter/resources/test/fixtures/refurb/FURB105.py b/crates/ruff_linter/resources/test/fixtures/refurb/FURB105.py
index 167ee675b8c61f..2e58dc46b17668 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_linter/resources/test/fixtures/refurb/FURB105.py
+++ b/crates/ruff_linter/resources/test/fixtures/refurb/FURB105.py
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@
 print("foo", "", sep=",")
 print("foo", "", "bar", "", sep=",")
 print("", "", **kwargs)
+print(*args, sep=",")
diff --git a/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/refurb/rules/print_empty_string.rs b/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/refurb/rules/print_empty_string.rs
index e450cf30987ad2..5c4370503d8675 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/refurb/rules/print_empty_string.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_linter/src/rules/refurb/rules/print_empty_string.rs
@@ -7,13 +7,17 @@ use ruff_text_size::Ranged;
 use crate::checkers::ast::Checker;
 
 /// ## What it does
-/// Checks for `print` calls with an empty string as the only positional
-/// argument.
+/// Checks for `print` calls with unnecessary empty strings as positional
+/// arguments and unnecessary `sep` keyword arguments.
 ///
 /// ## Why is this bad?
 /// Prefer calling `print` without any positional arguments, which is
 /// equivalent and more concise.
 ///
+/// Similarly, when printing one or fewer items, the `sep` keyword argument,
+/// (used to define the string that separates the `print` arguments) can be
+/// omitted.
+///
 /// ## Example
 /// ```python
 /// print("")
@@ -95,6 +99,10 @@ pub(crate) fn print_empty_string(checker: &mut Checker, call: &ast::ExprCall) {
             checker.diagnostics.push(diagnostic);
         }
 
+        [arg] if arg.is_starred_expr() => {
+            // If there's a starred argument, we can't remove the empty string.
+        }
+
         // Ex) `print(sep="\t")` or `print(obj, sep="\t")`
         [] | [_] => {
             // If there's a `sep` argument, remove it, regardless of what it is.