diff --git a/src/insets/RenderButton.cpp b/src/insets/RenderButton.cpp
index 9d080b8df7..06fc653da7 100644
--- a/src/insets/RenderButton.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/RenderButton.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void RenderButton::metrics(MetricsInfo &, Dimension & dim) const
 	else
 		fm.rectText(text_, dim.wid, dim.asc, dim.des);
 
-	dim.wid += 4;
+	dim.wid += 2;
 	dim_ = dim;
 }
 
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ void RenderButton::draw(PainterInfo & pi, int x, int y) const
 	font.decSize();
 
 	if (editable_) {
-		pi.pain.buttonText(x + 2, y, text_, font, renderState());
+		pi.pain.buttonText(x + 1, y, text_, font, renderState());
 	} else {
-		pi.pain.rectText(x + 2, y, text_, font,
+		pi.pain.rectText(x + 1, y, text_, font,
 				 Color_commandbg, Color_commandframe);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/status.20x b/status.20x
index 86593c528c..77b1f7eaae 100644
--- a/status.20x
+++ b/status.20x
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ What's new
 - Clarify what the user can do when hyperref is provided by the document
   class (bug 6293).
 
+- Slightly reduced space around inset buttons, to make it clearer when
+  there is a real space there (bug 7256).
+
 
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION