diff --git a/src/rowpainter.cpp b/src/rowpainter.cpp
index 4a686435bf..d5c746a14c 100644
--- a/src/rowpainter.cpp
+++ b/src/rowpainter.cpp
@@ -660,9 +660,7 @@ void RowPainter::paintLast()
 		FontInfo const font = labelFont();
 		FontMetrics const & fm = theFontMetrics(font);
 		docstring const & str = par_.layout().endlabelstring();
-		double const x = is_rtl ?
-			x_ - fm.width(str)
-			: - text_metrics_.rightMargin(pm_) - row_.width();
+		double const x = is_rtl ? x_ - fm.width(str) : x_;
 		pi_.pain.text(int(x), yo_, str, font);
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/status.16x b/status.16x
index 2a483ea557..26f552bb89 100644
--- a/status.16x
+++ b/status.16x
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ What's new
 - Fix inset-[begin|end][-select] when the cursor is at the beginning or
   end of a paragraph.
 
+- If a static EndLabelString is defined in a layout file it is now 
+  correctly displayed on screen (bug 2972).
+
 
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION