diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
index 4de25287bc..06e494835c 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-03-23  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <lasgouttes@lyx.org>
+
+	* qscreen.C (showCursor, removeCursor): just update, instead of a
+	full repaint.
+
 2006-03-23  Jürgen Spitzmüller  <j.spitzmueller@gmx.de>
 
 	* QPrefs.C (apply, update_contents):
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/qscreen.C b/src/frontends/qt2/qscreen.C
index 2aff4ded17..53ae53d284 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/qscreen.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/qscreen.C
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void QScreen::showCursor(int x, int y, int h, Cursor_Shape shape)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	owner_.getContent()->repaint(
+	owner_.getContent()->update(
 		cursor_x_, cursor_y_,
 		cursor_w_, cursor_h_);
 }
@@ -160,5 +160,5 @@ void QScreen::removeCursor()
 	       &nocursor_pixmap_, 0, 0, cursor_w_, cursor_h_);
 
 	owner_.getContent()
-		->repaint(cursor_x_, cursor_y_, cursor_w_, cursor_h_);
+		->update(cursor_x_, cursor_y_, cursor_w_, cursor_h_);
 }
diff --git a/status.14x b/status.14x
index b90607a789..fb77ca1f08 100644
--- a/status.14x
+++ b/status.14x
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Fix Find&Replace with sciword bindings.
 
+- small optimizations in the way the Qt frontend updates the screen,
+
 - Fix crash when deleting row/column in a math array
 
 - remove zombie wheel mouse spin box from the qt preferences dialog (bug 783).