diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9be5260e01761c464e458002e7bc7c62c71be977..001e1c89979438db0cad31e6a98a50a9f7b0a287 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ CVS code -
 	- Dont stupidly assign the value of prev->lineno if prev == NULL!
 - utils.c:
   new_magicline()
-	- Increment totsize!!
+	- Increment totsize!!  We decrement it when we've read a file, 
+	  everywhere else it should automatically be incremented
 
 nano 0.9.23 - 12/08/2000
 General
diff --git a/files.c b/files.c
index ff32bbbb1378045bf187488d293fb1922255a43a..ba8511b5048f417cc056782c495f3cf2ffdc3201 100644
--- a/files.c
+++ b/files.c
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ int read_file(int fd, char *filename)
     } else if (fileptr->next == NULL) {
 	filebot = fileptr;
 	new_magicline();
+	totsize--;
 
 	/* Update the edit buffer */
 	load_file();