diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 6736a70c..c2f85ec7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -552,6 +552,8 @@ Guy Roussin <guy.roussin@teledetection.fr>
  for suggesting not to display channel group delimiters without text
  for reporting a bug in handling channels in the "Channels" menu in case there are
  ':@nnn' group separators without names
+ for suggesting to clear the channel info display when entering numeric keys to
+ switch channels
 
 Georg Hitsch <georg@hitsch.at>
  for his help in keeping 'channels.conf' up to date
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 13c691fe..37e06d7e 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2254,7 +2254,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Some corrections to the Finnish OSD texts (thanks to Niko Tarnanen and Rolf
   Ahrenberg).
 
-2003-06-15: Version 1.2.2
+2003-06-19: Version 1.2.2
 
 - Fixed a bug in channel switching after Left/Right has been pressed (thanks to
   Michael Walle for reporting this one).
@@ -2266,3 +2266,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Changed the behaviour of the '0' key in normal viewing mode so that a channel
   only qualifies as "previous" if it has been selected for at least 3 seconds
   (suggested by Thomas Keil).
+- Now clearing the channel info display when entering numeric keys to switch
+  channels (suggested by Guy Roussin).
diff --git a/menu.c b/menu.c
index c9f4f457..53a9b98f 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 1.259 2003/06/15 12:25:47 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: menu.c 1.260 2003/06/19 10:09:29 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "menu.h"
@@ -2740,6 +2740,8 @@ eOSState cDisplayChannel::ProcessKey(eKeys Key)
             number = number * 10 + Key - k0;
             if (number > 0) {
                cChannel *channel = Channels.GetByNumber(number);
+               Interface->Clear();
+               withInfo = false;
                DisplayChannel(channel);
                lastTime = time_ms();
                // Lets see if there can be any useful further input: