diff --git a/src/insets/InsetBranch.cpp b/src/insets/InsetBranch.cpp
index 4888992ba7..c7a01ee360 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetBranch.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetBranch.cpp
@@ -216,11 +216,8 @@ int InsetBranch::plaintext(odocstream & os,
 	if (!isBranchSelected())
 		return 0;
 
-	os << '[' << buffer().B_("branch") << ' ' << params_.branch << ":\n";
-	InsetText::plaintext(os, runparams);
-	os << "\n]";
-
-	return PLAINTEXT_NEWLINE + 1; // one char on a separate line
+	int len = InsetText::plaintext(os, runparams);
+	return len;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/status.20x b/status.20x
index 068c377897..fd1eb61282 100644
--- a/status.20x
+++ b/status.20x
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ What's new
 
 * DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT
 
+- Fix ASCII export for branch inset (bug 7720).
+
 
 * USER INTERFACE