diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index d70f4aff..735e8165 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1434,6 +1434,7 @@ Joachim Wilke <vdr@joachim-wilke.de>
  runs all the way until the end of the recording
  for fixing removing the '-' when entering a channel number where there is no other
  one that fits the input
+ for reporting a problem with cStatus::MsgOsdTextItem() being called without a text
 
 Sascha Klek <sklek@gmx.de>
  for reporting a problem with the '0' key in the "Day" item of the "Timers" menu
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index bf0b1d66..7dabc45d 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -4497,3 +4497,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   Nissl).
 - No longer calling cPlugin::ProcessArgs() if VDR is run with the --help or
   --version option, to avoid error messages from plugins (reported by Udo Richter).
+- Now checking whether there is any text before calling cStatus::MsgOsdTextItem()
+  (reported by Joachim Wilke).
diff --git a/menu.c b/menu.c
index 0cb4f847..fba03a32 100644
--- a/menu.c
+++ b/menu.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: menu.c 1.427 2006/04/09 13:13:33 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: menu.c 1.428 2006/04/09 14:29:24 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "menu.h"
@@ -589,7 +589,8 @@ void cMenuText::Display(void)
 {
   cOsdMenu::Display();
   DisplayMenu()->SetText(text, font == fontFix); //XXX define control character in text to choose the font???
-  cStatus::MsgOsdTextItem(text);
+  if (text)
+     cStatus::MsgOsdTextItem(text);
 }
 
 eOSState cMenuText::ProcessKey(eKeys Key)
@@ -938,7 +939,8 @@ void cMenuEvent::Display(void)
 {
   cOsdMenu::Display();
   DisplayMenu()->SetEvent(event);
-  cStatus::MsgOsdTextItem(event->Description());
+  if (event->Description())
+     cStatus::MsgOsdTextItem(event->Description());
 }
 
 eOSState cMenuEvent::ProcessKey(eKeys Key)
@@ -1738,7 +1740,8 @@ void cMenuRecording::Display(void)
 {
   cOsdMenu::Display();
   DisplayMenu()->SetRecording(recording);
-  cStatus::MsgOsdTextItem(recording->Info()->Description());
+  if (recording->Info()->Description())
+     cStatus::MsgOsdTextItem(recording->Info()->Description());
 }
 
 eOSState cMenuRecording::ProcessKey(eKeys Key)