diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 262d42e3c01..cb71e3f4ec4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 
 <!-- Changes to Black's terminal output and error messages -->
 
+- Write unchanged content to stdout when excluding formating from stdin using pipes
+  (#4610)
+
 ### _Blackd_
 
 <!-- Changes to blackd -->
diff --git a/src/black/__init__.py b/src/black/__init__.py
index 79541df2149..c88aa4ef6c7 100644
--- a/src/black/__init__.py
+++ b/src/black/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     Iterator,
     MutableMapping,
     Sequence,
-    Sized,
 )
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from dataclasses import replace
@@ -681,13 +680,12 @@ def main(  # noqa: C901
         except GitWildMatchPatternError:
             ctx.exit(1)
 
-        path_empty(
-            sources,
-            "No Python files are present to be formatted. Nothing to do 😴",
-            quiet,
-            verbose,
-            ctx,
-        )
+        if not sources:
+            if verbose or not quiet:
+                out("No Python files are present to be formatted. Nothing to do 😴")
+            if "-" in src:
+                sys.stdout.write(sys.stdin.read())
+            ctx.exit(0)
 
         if len(sources) == 1:
             reformat_one(
@@ -820,18 +818,6 @@ def get_sources(
     return sources
 
 
-def path_empty(
-    src: Sized, msg: str, quiet: bool, verbose: bool, ctx: click.Context
-) -> None:
-    """
-    Exit if there is no `src` provided for formatting
-    """
-    if not src:
-        if verbose or not quiet:
-            out(msg)
-        ctx.exit(0)
-
-
 def reformat_code(
     content: str,
     fast: bool,