diff --git a/faq.html b/faq.html
index 4e96418f1ce121ad2545e0fcd85fc9adff4a3831..51abd758dcda97f107f88779e12ec95d3771b4d6 100644
--- a/faq.html
+++ b/faq.html
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ my window.&nbsp;&nbsp; How can I fix that?</a></font>
 search string, the string I last searched for is already in front of
 my cursor!  !What happened?!</a></font>
 <br><font color="#330000"><a href="#4.6">4.6. I get the message "NumLock
-glitch detected.  Keypad will malfunction without NumLock on." What
+glitch detected.  Keypad will malfunction with NumLock off." What
 gives?</a></font>
 <br><font color="#330000"><a href="#4.7">4.7. How do I make nano my
 default editor (in Pine, mutt, etc.)?</a></font></blockquote>
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ details).</font></blockquote>
 
 <h2>
 <a NAME="4.6"></a>I get the message "NumLock glitch detected.  Keypad
-will malfunction without NumLock on." What gives?</h2>
+will malfunction with NumLock off." What gives?</h2>
 
 <blockquote>
 Nano (actually almost all console editors do) has issues when cycling
diff --git a/nano.c b/nano.c
index 43468ebde244ff168807e4e441173da6b58558f3..f1add813d03fa8ccd25a1248b93dfb769b52473e 100644
--- a/nano.c
+++ b/nano.c
@@ -2057,7 +2057,7 @@ void print_numlock_warning(void)
 {
     static int didmsg = 0;
     if (!didmsg) {
-	statusbar(_("NumLock glitch detected.  Keypad will malfunction without NumLock on"));
+	statusbar(_("NumLock glitch detected.  Keypad will malfunction with NumLock off"));
 	didmsg = 1;
     }
 }