diff --git a/src/BufferView.cpp b/src/BufferView.cpp
index 8b0d56eb93..83ed752c78 100644
--- a/src/BufferView.cpp
+++ b/src/BufferView.cpp
@@ -1730,6 +1730,7 @@ void BufferView::putSelectionAt(DocIterator const & cur,
 		} else
 			d->cursor_.setSelection(d->cursor_, length);
 	}
+	showCursor();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/lyxfind.cpp b/src/lyxfind.cpp
index 1a214589fb..043f02cde2 100644
--- a/src/lyxfind.cpp
+++ b/src/lyxfind.cpp
@@ -307,11 +307,9 @@ void replace(BufferView * bv, FuncRequest const & ev, bool has_deleted)
 	} else {
 		// if we have deleted characters, we do not replace at all, but
 		// rather search for the next occurence
-		bool const found = find(bv, search,
-					casesensitive, matchword, forward);
-
-		if (!found)
-			// emit message signal.
+		if (find(bv, search, casesensitive, matchword, forward))
+			bv->showCursor();
+		else
 			bv->message(_("String not found!"));
 	}
 }