diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
index 2f8ada5864..c462c4a97e 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+2002-11-28  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
+
+	* QDocument.C: fix line spacing
+ 
 2002-11-27  Juergen Spitzmueller  <j.spitzmueller@gmx.de>
 
-	* ui/TabularDialog.ui
-	* QTabular.C
+	* ui/TabularDialog.ui:
+	* QTabular.C:
 	* QTabularDialog.C: ui fixes.
 
 2002-11-27  Dekel Tsur  <dekelts@tau.ac.il>
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/QDocument.C b/src/frontends/qt2/QDocument.C
index 5f71c707e1..1a4ad09ba4 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/QDocument.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/QDocument.C
@@ -472,11 +472,14 @@ void QDocument::update_contents()
 	dialog_->packagesModule->amsCB->setChecked(
 		params.use_amsmath);
 
-	// FIXME: this is wrong
-	// QComboBox::setCurrentItem: (lspacingCO) Index 4 out of range
+	switch (params.spacing.getSpace()) {
+		case Spacing::Other: nitem = 3; break;
+		case Spacing::Double: nitem = 2; break;
+		case Spacing::Onehalf: nitem = 1; break;
+		case Spacing::Default: case Spacing::Single: nitem = 0; break;
+	}
  
-	dialog_->packagesModule->lspacingCO->
-		setCurrentItem(params.spacing.getSpace());
+	dialog_->packagesModule->lspacingCO->setCurrentItem(nitem);
 	if (params.spacing.getSpace() == Spacing::Other) {
 		dialog_->packagesModule->lspacingLE->setText(
 			tostr(params.spacing.getValue()).c_str());