diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0c39398a17d09b679fcdaddb84845cd05134b062..36ff36399b603b20f6bdbd74269ffbb1d195f07a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ CVS code -
 	- Add rcfile options "casesensitive" and "backwards", to do
 	  case sensitive and backwards searches by default.  Changes to
 	  nanorc.sample and nanorc.5. (DLR)
+	- 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)
 - chars.c:
   make_mbstring()
 	- Change erroneous ENABLE_EXTRA #ifdef to NANO_EXTRA to fix a
diff --git a/src/nano.h b/src/nano.h
index 9574de9a5c6551b6cccc0c87767c1d48262a2ded..013b6e0f916c8e744df18de07f9ae3205eca5f88 100644
--- a/src/nano.h
+++ b/src/nano.h
@@ -291,20 +291,19 @@ typedef struct syntaxtype {
 #define BACKWARDS_SEARCH	(1<<14)
 #define MULTIBUFFER		(1<<15)
 #define SMOOTH_SCROLL		(1<<16)
-#define DISABLE_CURPOS		(1<<17)	/* Damn, we still need it. */
-#define REBIND_DELETE		(1<<18)
-#define NO_CONVERT		(1<<19)
-#define BACKUP_FILE		(1<<20)
-#define NO_RCFILE		(1<<21)
-#define NO_COLOR_SYNTAX		(1<<22)
-#define PRESERVE		(1<<23)
-#define HISTORYLOG		(1<<24)
-#define RESTRICTED		(1<<25)
-#define SMART_HOME		(1<<26)
-#define WHITESPACE_DISPLAY	(1<<27)
-#define MORE_SPACE		(1<<28)
-#define TABS_TO_SPACES		(1<<29)
-#define USE_UTF8		(1<<30)
+#define REBIND_DELETE		(1<<17)
+#define NO_CONVERT		(1<<18)
+#define BACKUP_FILE		(1<<19)
+#define NO_RCFILE		(1<<20)
+#define NO_COLOR_SYNTAX		(1<<21)
+#define PRESERVE		(1<<22)
+#define HISTORYLOG		(1<<23)
+#define RESTRICTED		(1<<24)
+#define SMART_HOME		(1<<25)
+#define WHITESPACE_DISPLAY	(1<<26)
+#define MORE_SPACE		(1<<27)
+#define TABS_TO_SPACES		(1<<28)
+#define USE_UTF8		(1<<29)
 
 /* Control key sequences.  Changing these would be very, very bad. */
 #define NANO_CONTROL_SPACE 0
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 45a48fe5b575b89f6669ea3f799c9055abcd6c6a..58bed7a1524c594cb20e7d056cfa46b9d7990057 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ static int statusblank = 0;	/* The number of keystrokes left after
 				 * actually blank the statusbar. */
 static size_t statusbar_x = (size_t)-1;
 				/* The cursor position in answer. */
+static bool disable_cursorpos = FALSE;
+				/* Should we temporarily disable
+				 * constant cursor position display? */
 static bool resetstatuspos = FALSE;
 				/* Should we reset the cursor position
 				 * at the statusbar prompt? */
@@ -2889,7 +2892,7 @@ void statusbar(const char *msg, ...)
 	     * in the statusbar. */
     }
 
-    SET(DISABLE_CURPOS);
+    disable_cursorpos = TRUE;
     statusblank = 25;
 }
 
@@ -3712,11 +3715,11 @@ void display_main_list(void)
 
 /* If constant is FALSE, the user typed Ctrl-C, so we unconditionally
  * display the cursor position.  Otherwise, we display it only if the
- * character position changed and DISABLE_CURPOS is not set.
+ * character position changed and disable_cursorpos is FALSE.
  *
- * If constant is TRUE and DISABLE_CURPOS is set, we unset it and update
- * old_i and old_totsize.  That way, we leave the current statusbar
- * alone, but next time we will display. */
+ * If constant is TRUE and disable_cursorpos is TRUE, we set the latter
+ * to FALSE and update old_i and old_totsize.  That way, we leave the
+ * current statusbar alone, but next time we will display. */
 void do_cursorpos(bool constant)
 {
     char c;
@@ -3737,20 +3740,21 @@ void do_cursorpos(bool constant)
     current->data[current_x] = c;
     current->next = f;
 
-    /* Check whether totsize is correct.  Else there is a bug
+    /* Check whether totsize is correct.  If it isn't, there is a bug
      * somewhere. */
     assert(current != filebot || i == totsize);
 
-    if (constant && ISSET(DISABLE_CURPOS)) {
-	UNSET(DISABLE_CURPOS);
+    if (constant && disable_cursorpos) {
+	disable_cursorpos = FALSE;
 	old_i = i;
 	old_totsize = totsize;
 	return;
     }
 
     /* If constant is FALSE, display the position on the statusbar
-     * unconditionally; otherwise, only display the position when the
-     * character values have changed. */
+     * unconditionally.  Otherwise, only display the position when the
+     * character values have changed.  Finally, if disable_cursorpos is
+     * TRUE, set it to FALSE. */
     if (!constant || old_i != i || old_totsize != totsize) {
 	size_t xpt = xplustabs() + 1;
 	size_t cur_len = strlenpt(current->data) + 1;
@@ -3763,7 +3767,7 @@ void do_cursorpos(bool constant)
 		    current->lineno, totlines, linepct,
 		    (unsigned long)xpt, (unsigned long)cur_len, colpct,
 		    (unsigned long)i, (unsigned long)totsize, bytepct);
-	UNSET(DISABLE_CURPOS);
+	disable_cursorpos = FALSE;
     }
 
     old_i = i;