1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/query/profile/types/FieldDescription.java b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/query/profile/types/FieldDescription.java
index 1d6f584bfaa..a0f38f61672 100644
--- a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/query/profile/types/FieldDescription.java
+++ b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/query/profile/types/FieldDescription.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class FieldDescription implements Comparable<FieldDescription> {
     /**
      * Creates a field description
      *
-     * @param name the name of the field
+     * @param name the name of the field, empty means it describes the value held by  the query profile itself
      * @param type the type of the field represented as a string - see {@link com.yahoo.search.query.profile.types.FieldType}
      * @param aliases a list of aliases, never null. Aliases are not following dotted
      *        (meaning they are global, not that they cannot contain dots) and are case insensitive.
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ public class FieldDescription implements Comparable<FieldDescription> {
      * @param overridable whether this can be overridden when first set in a profile. Default: true
      */
     public FieldDescription(CompoundName name, FieldType type, List<String> aliases, boolean mandatory, boolean overridable) {
-        if (name.isEmpty())
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal name ''");
         for (String nameComponent : name.asList())
             QueryProfile.validateName(nameComponent);
         this.name = name;