diff -r 8111ee79d27c Lib/reprlib.py
--- a/Lib/reprlib.py	Mon Nov 10 10:21:03 2014 +0200
+++ b/Lib/reprlib.py	Mon Nov 10 10:31:21 2014 +0200
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ class Repr:
         return self._repr_iterable(x, level, '[', ']', self.maxlist)
 
     def repr_array(self, x, level):
-        header = "array('%s', [" % x.typecode
+        if not x:
+            return "array(%r)" % x.typecode
+        header = "array(%r, [" % x.typecode
         return self._repr_iterable(x, level, header, '])', self.maxarray)
 
     def repr_set(self, x, level):
diff -r 8111ee79d27c Lib/test/test_reprlib.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_reprlib.py	Mon Nov 10 10:21:03 2014 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_reprlib.py	Mon Nov 10 10:31:21 2014 +0200
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ class ReprTests(unittest.TestCase):
         eq(r(frozenset([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])), "frozenset({1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6})")
         eq(r(frozenset([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7])), "frozenset({1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ...})")
 
-        # collections.deque after 6
+        # collections.deque give up after 6 as well
+        eq(r(deque([])), "deque([])")
+        eq(r(deque([1])), "deque([1])")
+        eq(r(deque([1, 2, 3])), "deque([1, 2, 3])")
+        eq(r(deque([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])), "deque([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])")
         eq(r(deque([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7])), "deque([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ...])")
 
         # Dictionaries give up after 4.
@@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ class ReprTests(unittest.TestCase):
         eq(r(d), "{'alice': 1, 'arthur': 1, 'bob': 2, 'charles': 3, ...}")
 
         # array.array after 5.
-        eq(r(array('i')), "array('i', [])")
+        eq(r(array('i')), "array('i')")
         eq(r(array('i', [1])), "array('i', [1])")
         eq(r(array('i', [1, 2])), "array('i', [1, 2])")
         eq(r(array('i', [1, 2, 3])), "array('i', [1, 2, 3])")