diff --git a/lib/bind/emacs.bind b/lib/bind/emacs.bind
index b0e6fc99f9..350d493393 100644
--- a/lib/bind/emacs.bind
+++ b/lib/bind/emacs.bind
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 \bind "C-x bracketleft"        "screen-up"
 \bind "C-x bracketright"       "screen-down"
 \bind "C-x C-a"                "buffer-auto-save"
-\bind "C-x C-b"                "menu-open documents"
+\bind "C-x C-b"                "menu-open view"
 \bind "C-x C-c"                "lyx-quit"
 \bind "C-x C-d"                "buffer-new"
 \bind "C-x C-f"                "file-open"
diff --git a/lib/bind/xemacs.bind b/lib/bind/xemacs.bind
index b20d1c2421..6e7c44442d 100644
--- a/lib/bind/xemacs.bind
+++ b/lib/bind/xemacs.bind
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 \bind "C-x bracketright"       "screen-down"
 \bind "C-x quoteleft"		"error-next"
 \bind "C-x C-a"                "buffer-auto-save"
-\bind "C-x C-b"                "menu-open documents"	# list all buffers
+\bind "C-x C-b"                "menu-open view"	# list all buffers
 \bind "C-x C-c"                "lyx-quit"
 \bind "C-x C-d"                "buffer-new"
 \bind "C-x C-f"                "file-open"
diff --git a/status.14x b/status.14x
index 97be64e851..ec170bdfd8 100644
--- a/status.14x
+++ b/status.14x
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Handle the Meta keyboard modifier as Alt (Qt only).
 
+- Fix the C-x C-b binding in emacs mode (bug 2747).
+
 * Build/installation:
 
 - Fix 'check' make target for systems which do not have /bin/bash (bug 2524).