diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 198c6c95e..e800ae9d4 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: lintr
 Title: Static R Code Analysis
-Version: 1.0.0
+Version: 1.0.0.9000
 Authors@R: person("Jim", "Hester", email = "james.f.hester@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"))
 URL: https://github.com/jimhester/lintr
 BugReports: https://github.com/jimhester/lintr/issues
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index acacf05e3..8b78839dc 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# lintr 1.0.0.9000 #
+
+* Commas linter handles missing arguments calls properly (#145)
+
 # lintr 1.0.0 #
 * bugfix to work with testthat 1.0.0
 
diff --git a/R/commas_linter.R b/R/commas_linter.R
index 657bab383..fba60174e 100644
--- a/R/commas_linter.R
+++ b/R/commas_linter.R
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ commas_linter <- function(source_file) {
 
             start_of_line <- re_matches(line, rex(start, spaces, ","))
 
-            if (has_token && !start_of_line) {
+            empty_comma <- substr(line, comma_loc - 2L, comma_loc - 1L) %==% ", "
+            if (has_token && !start_of_line && !empty_comma) {
 
               lints[[length(lints) + 1L]] <-
                 Lint(
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-commas_linter.R b/tests/testthat/test-commas_linter.R
index e917d0756..3dcad6a0e 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-commas_linter.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-commas_linter.R
@@ -35,4 +35,12 @@ test_that("returns the correct linting", {
   expect_lint("\"fun(1 ,1)\"",
     NULL,
     commas_linter)
+
+  expect_lint("a[1, , 2]",
+    NULL,
+    commas_linter)
+
+  expect_lint("a[1, , 2, , 3]",
+    NULL,
+    commas_linter)
 })