diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 0bb913f0..38488403 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1297,6 +1297,7 @@ Laurence Abbott <laz@club-burniston.co.uk>
 
 Patrick Gleichmann <patrick@feedface.com>
  for fixing the default quality value when grabbing a JPEG image
+ for suggestiong a modified page scrolling behaviour
 
 Achim Tuffentsammer <a.tuffentsammer@web.de>
  for reporting a crash in case a plugin needs to issue an error message before the
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 4b4693de..5ddc6a73 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -3617,3 +3617,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 
 - Fixed handling 'page down', which was broken in version 1.3.26 (thanks to Udo
   Richter).
+- Modified page scrolling behaviour (based on a suggestion by Patrick Gleichmann).
diff --git a/MANUAL b/MANUAL
index 8a65809e..d2bb8e4e 100644
--- a/MANUAL
+++ b/MANUAL
@@ -495,11 +495,11 @@ Version 1.2
 
   Scroll pages = yes     no  = when pressing the "Down" ("Up") key while the cursor
                                is on the last (first) line of a list page, the
-                               list is advanced by a full page and the cursor will
-                               be at the top (bottom) of that page
-                         yes = dto., but the cursor remains at the bottom (top) of
-                               the page (this mode allows for faster scrolling
-                               through long lists).
+                               list is scrolled down (up) a single line and the cursor will
+                               remain at the bottom (top) of that page
+                         yes = the list is scrolled down (up) a full page and the cursor
+                               will be at the top (bottom) of that page (this mode allows
+                               for faster scrolling through long lists).
 
   Sort timers = yes      Turns sorting the timers in the "Timers" menu on/off.
                          Timers are sorted by ascending start times, with the
diff --git a/osdbase.c b/osdbase.c
index b27b1df2..711bd4cd 100644
--- a/osdbase.c
+++ b/osdbase.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: osdbase.c 1.18 2005/06/17 14:22:34 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: osdbase.c 1.19 2005/06/17 15:35:27 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "osdbase.h"
@@ -271,9 +271,7 @@ void cOsdMenu::CursorUp(void)
         DisplayCurrent(false);
      current = tmpCurrent;
      if (current < first) {
-        first = first > displayMenuItems - 1 ? first - (displayMenuItems - 1) : 0;
-        if (Setup.MenuScrollPage)
-           current = !SelectableItem(first) ? first + 1 : first;
+        first = Setup.MenuScrollPage ? max(0, current - displayMenuItems + 1) : current;
         Display();
         }
      else
@@ -284,9 +282,8 @@ void cOsdMenu::CursorUp(void)
 void cOsdMenu::CursorDown(void)
 {
   int last = Count() - 1;
-  int lastOnScreen = first + displayMenuItems - 1;
-
   if (current < last) {
+     int lastOnScreen = first + displayMenuItems - 1;
      int tmpCurrent = current;
      while (++tmpCurrent <= last && !SelectableItem(tmpCurrent))
            ;
@@ -296,14 +293,9 @@ void cOsdMenu::CursorDown(void)
         DisplayCurrent(false);
      current = tmpCurrent;
      if (current > lastOnScreen) {
-        first += displayMenuItems - 1;
-        lastOnScreen = first + displayMenuItems - 1;
-        if (lastOnScreen > last) {
-           first = last - (displayMenuItems - 1);
-           lastOnScreen = last;
-           }
-        if (Setup.MenuScrollPage)
-           current = !SelectableItem(lastOnScreen) ? lastOnScreen - 1 : lastOnScreen;
+        first = Setup.MenuScrollPage ? current : max(0, current - displayMenuItems + 1);
+        if (first + displayMenuItems > last)
+           first = max(0, last - displayMenuItems + 1);
         Display();
         }
      else