diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Mail/Address.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Mail/Address.php
index 18e1a8c72f214..73f0025458c55 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Mail/Address.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Mail/Address.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 namespace Magento\Framework\Mail;
 
 /**
- * Class MailAddress
+ * Class Address
  */
 class Address
 {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Address
     private $email;
 
     /**
-     * MailAddress constructor
+     * Address constructor
      *
      * @param string|null $email
      * @param string|null $name
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ public function getName(): ?string
     /**
      * Email getter
      *
-     * @return string
+     * @return string|null
      */
-    public function getEmail(): string
+    public function getEmail(): ?string
     {
         return $this->email;
     }
diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Mail/Test/Unit/AddressTest.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Mail/Test/Unit/AddressTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a0525dd2b7e19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Mail/Test/Unit/AddressTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+namespace Magento\Framework\Mail\Test\Unit;
+
+use Magento\Framework\Mail\Address;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * test Magento\Framework\Mail\Address
+ */
+class AddressTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @var Address
+     */
+    protected $message;
+
+    /**
+     * Address object with nullable email parameter passed should not throw an exception.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testGetEmailEmpty()
+    {
+        $address = new Address(null, "Test name");
+        $this->assertNull($address->getEmail());
+    }
+}