diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 83bf5fb0..f6240a20 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1137,3 +1137,6 @@ Uwe Hanke <uhanke@gmx.de>
 
 Mogens Elneff <mogens@elneff.dk>
  for translating OSD texts to the Danish language
+
+Joachim Wilke <vdr@joachim-wilke.de>
+ for reporting missing calls to cStatus::MsgOsdClear() in cSkins::Message()
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 05afc85c..b4a547f9 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -3124,3 +3124,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Added Danish language texts (thanks to Mogens Elneff).
 - Reactivated the NPTL check at startup because there appear to be still
   unsolved problems when running on NPTL systems.
+- Added missing calls to cStatus::MsgOsdClear() in cSkins::Message() (thanks
+  to Joachim Wilke for reporting this one).
diff --git a/skins.c b/skins.c
index 6872a947..0129378c 100644
--- a/skins.c
+++ b/skins.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: skins.c 1.1 2004/05/15 12:34:38 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: skins.c 1.2 2004/11/06 11:25:46 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "skins.h"
@@ -186,10 +186,12 @@ eKeys cSkins::Message(eMessageType Type, const char *s, int Seconds)
         }
      else
         cSkinDisplay::Current()->SetMessage(Type, NULL);
+     cStatus::MsgOsdClear();
      }
   else if (!s && displayMessage) {
      delete displayMessage;
      displayMessage = NULL;
+     cStatus::MsgOsdClear();
      }
   return k;
 }