diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8a3db4d8d725790a20acdc6fbd8d6b7d28ba4bfb..400003d73b047e55e616fd7d91c26e6b9adbc123 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ CVS code -
 	- Don't treat NANO_CANCEL_KEY as NANO_EXIT_KEY anymore, for
 	  consistency. (DLR)
 - nano.c:
-  help_init()
-	- Remove extra space from main help text (Jordi).
   print1opt_full()
 	- If desc should be empty, allow it to be NULL instead of
 	  "", since the latter is not necessarily translated as "".
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ CVS code -
 	- Don't treat NANO_CANCEL_KEY as NANO_EXIT_KEY anymore, for
 	  consistency. (DLR)
   total_update()
-	- Simplify to call clearok(TRUE) and wrefresh() on curscr, which
+	- Simplify to call clearok(TRUE) and wrefresh() on edit, which
 	  updates the entire screen in fewer function calls. (DLR)
 - THANKS:
 	- Add new translators to the credits.
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index 7e4e124f8721fa494b92998501153855134a48c4..137d0048d7300a99ba924638a80da8533bb8a6ae 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ void help_init(void)
 		"showing the file being edited.  The status line is "
 		"the third line from the bottom and shows important "
 		"messages.  The bottom two lines show the most "
-		"commonly used shortcuts in the editor.\n\n");
+		"commonly used shortcuts in the editor.\n\n ");
 	htx[1] = N_("The notation for shortcuts is as follows: "
 		"Control-key sequences are notated with a caret (^) "
 		"symbol and can be entered either by using the Control "
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index f07d6d78a104c84b54cff0534723a87ad4475475..bf5893764851349f452fd831d8d8813805d24c6c 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -3742,8 +3742,8 @@ int do_yesno(bool all, const char *msg)
 
 void total_update(void)
 {
-    clearok(curscr, TRUE);
-    wrefresh(curscr);
+    clearok(edit, TRUE);
+    wrefresh(edit);
 }
 
 void total_refresh(void)