diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index a210f6d779..5da311d596 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-02-17  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
+
+	* text.C (Delete): fix case where delete at the end of
+	   the very first paragraph would not merge the pars
+
 2003-02-17  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
 
 	* lyxrow.C: fix lastPrintablePos()
diff --git a/src/text.C b/src/text.C
index fa06fdbd08..4113ae75ac 100644
--- a/src/text.C
+++ b/src/text.C
@@ -2612,7 +2612,7 @@ void LyXText::Delete(BufferView * bview)
 	LyXCursor old_cursor = cursor;
 	int const old_cur_par_id = old_cursor.par()->id();
 	int const old_cur_par_prev_id = old_cursor.par()->previous() ?
-		old_cursor.par()->previous()->id() : 0;
+		old_cursor.par()->previous()->id() : -1;
 
 	// just move to the right
 	cursorRight(bview);
@@ -2623,7 +2623,7 @@ void LyXText::Delete(BufferView * bview)
 	// and that can very well delete the par or par->previous in
 	// old_cursor. Will a solution where we compare paragraph id's
 	//work better?
-	if ((cursor.par()->previous() ? cursor.par()->previous()->id() : 0)
+	if ((cursor.par()->previous() ? cursor.par()->previous()->id() : -1)
 	    == old_cur_par_prev_id
 	    && cursor.par()->id() != old_cur_par_id) {
 		// delete-empty-paragraph-mechanism has done it