diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2cf81bc291f9e8145bc10e168698ec45b4426e3a..bf113e2b3bf160cba4a027200b2bcf411f4f3744 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ CVS code -
 	  guard to proto.h, and make the config.h #include in nano.h
 	  match the config.h #includes everywhere else. (DLR)
 - files.c:
+  load_open_file()
+	- Remove an unneeded clearok(FALSE). (DLR)
   get_next_filename()
 	- Use a long instead of an int for the number prepended to the
 	  filename. (DLR)
@@ -14,6 +16,10 @@ CVS code -
 	- If desc should be empty, allow it to be NULL instead of
 	  "", since the latter is not necessarily translated as "".
 	  (DLR, found by Jordi)
+  do_alt_speller()
+	- Replace a set_modified() with SET(MODIFIED) to avoid an
+	  unnecessary update, and remove an unneeded clearok(FALSE).
+	  (DLR)
 - utils.c:
   num_of_digits()
 	- Use a ssize_t instead of an int. (DLR)
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 15181b0ff50e7a42e9452ced7bdc4221f9d25427..48d0caac1157c12506964012b3cff1ac6b7939d3 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -899,7 +899,6 @@ void load_open_file(void)
     edit_refresh();
 
     /* Update the titlebar. */
-    clearok(topwin, FALSE);
     titlebar(NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index 6662534129b69f6f2bb9499b975081e322d5ca32..137d0048d7300a99ba924638a80da8533bb8a6ae 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -2341,11 +2341,10 @@ const char *do_alt_speller(char *tempfile_name)
     }
 #endif
 
-    /* Go back to the old position, mark the file as modified, and make
-     * sure that the titlebar is refreshed. */
+    /* Go back to the old position, mark the file as modified, and
+     * update the titlebar. */
     do_gotopos(lineno_save, current_x_save, current_y_save, pww_save);
-    set_modified();
-    clearok(topwin, FALSE);
+    SET(MODIFIED);
     titlebar(NULL);
 
     return NULL;