diff --git a/modules/base/pymod/table.py b/modules/base/pymod/table.py
index 3bd8c750e8bb7653cf693e8815673f8bd3674687..4d22196caa643e43f017de761f6f9920a26aabb1 100644
--- a/modules/base/pymod/table.py
+++ b/modules/base/pymod/table.py
@@ -1363,9 +1363,12 @@ Statistics for column %(col)s
 
     :param col: column name
     :type col: :class:`str`
+
+    :returns: row with maximal col value or None if the table is empty
     """
     val, idx = self._Max(col)
-    return self.rows[idx]
+    if idx!=None:
+      return self.rows[idx]
   
   def Max(self, col):
     """
@@ -1427,9 +1430,12 @@ Statistics for column %(col)s
 
     :param col: column name
     :type col: :class:`str`
+
+    :returns: row with minimal col value or None if the table is empty
     """
     val, idx = self._Min(col)
-    return self.rows[idx]
+    if idx!=None:
+      return self.rows[idx]
   
   def MinIdx(self, col):
     """