diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ff5544acf57a73e787327fd8913966fb97d07bef..f0059c7e77826eada188f88661e22dbd726671e8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -109,14 +109,13 @@ CVS code -
 	- Since the DISABLE_CURPOS flag is only used in winio.c, reduce
 	  it to a static bool there.  Changes to statusbar() and
 	  disable_cursorpos(). (DLR)
-	- Add -U/--quickblank option, a Meta-U toggle, and a
-	  "quickblank" rcfile option to blank the statusbar after 1
-	  keystroke instead of 25.  Note that this obviously has no
-	  effect when constant cursor position display is turned on, and
-	  that this is disabled when NANO_SMALL is defined.  Changes to
-	  toggle_init(), usage(), main(), statusbar(), nanorc.sample,
-	  nano.1, nanorc.5, and nano.texi. (DLR, suggested by CHAO
-	  Wei-Lun)
+	- Add -U/--quickblank option and a "quickblank" rcfile option to
+	  blank the statusbar after 1 keystroke instead of 25.  Note
+	  that this obviously has no effect when constant cursor
+	  position display is turned on, and that this is disabled when
+	  NANO_SMALL is defined.  Changes to usage(), main(),
+	  statusbar(), nanorc.sample, nano.1, and nanorc.5. (DLR,
+	  suggested by CHAO Wei-Lun)
 - chars.c:
   make_mbstring()
 	- Change erroneous ENABLE_EXTRA #ifdef to NANO_EXTRA to fix a
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/nano.texi b/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
index b9e1f177c418d0cdd1c6335f51e1a184816a0ccd..8681a9a22678c8fe145a044679f948aa4b3648d5 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 @smallbook
 @set EDITION 0.1
 @set VERSION 1.3.8
-@set UPDATED 19 Jun 2005
+@set UPDATED 21 Jun 2005
 
 @dircategory Editors
 @direntry
@@ -386,9 +386,6 @@ your .nanorc.
 @item Smooth Scrolling Toggle (Meta-S)
 toggles the -S (@code{--smooth}) command line flag.
 
-@item Quick Statusbar Blanking Toggle (Meta-U)
-toggles the -U (@code{--quickblank}) command line flag.
-
 @item Expert/No Help Toggle (Meta-X)
 toggles the -x (@code{--nohelp}) command line flag.
 
diff --git a/src/global.c b/src/global.c
index 58348cb29fac6be8bbbaf59e1ceefbf93ad6e3e8..5c423e3e73ff765904939da9ea041fe092027b4c 100644
--- a/src/global.c
+++ b/src/global.c
@@ -1128,8 +1128,6 @@ void toggle_init(void)
 	toggle_init_one(TOGGLE_SUSPEND_KEY, N_("Suspend"), SUSPEND);
     toggle_init_one(TOGGLE_CONST_KEY,
 	N_("Constant cursor position display"), CONST_UPDATE);
-    toggle_init_one(TOGGLE_QUICKBLANK_KEY,
-	N_("Quick statusbar blanking"), QUICK_BLANK);
     toggle_init_one(TOGGLE_AUTOINDENT_KEY, N_("Auto indent"),
 	AUTOINDENT);
     toggle_init_one(TOGGLE_TABSTOSPACES_KEY,
diff --git a/src/nano.h b/src/nano.h
index 20d7c6c9f5fde66c64448dabd449f0097b93e4f0..49219f94a7abb6c4685580353f7e8cdab510591e 100644
--- a/src/nano.h
+++ b/src/nano.h
@@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ typedef struct syntaxtype {
 #define TOGGLE_WHITESPACE_KEY	NANO_ALT_P
 #define TOGGLE_MORESPACE_KEY	NANO_ALT_O
 #define TOGGLE_TABSTOSPACES_KEY	NANO_ALT_E
-#define TOGGLE_QUICKBLANK_KEY	NANO_ALT_U
 #endif /* !NANO_SMALL */
 
 #define MAIN_VISIBLE 12