diff --git a/src/DocIterator.cpp b/src/DocIterator.cpp
index ace4498a56..b8f43a19bb 100644
--- a/src/DocIterator.cpp
+++ b/src/DocIterator.cpp
@@ -225,11 +225,12 @@ CursorSlice const & DocIterator::innerTextSlice() const
 }
 
 
-docstring DocIterator::paragraphGotoArgument() const
+docstring DocIterator::paragraphGotoArgument(bool const nopos) const
 {
 	CursorSlice const & s = innerTextSlice();
-	return convert<docstring>(s.paragraph().id()) + ' ' +
-		convert<docstring>(s.pos());
+	return nopos ? convert<docstring>(s.paragraph().id())
+		     : convert<docstring>(s.paragraph().id())
+		       + ' ' + convert<docstring>(s.pos());
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/DocIterator.h b/src/DocIterator.h
index 9475fcfb78..7c6f017b5f 100644
--- a/src/DocIterator.h
+++ b/src/DocIterator.h
@@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ public:
 	Paragraph & innerParagraph() const;
 	/// return the inner text slice.
 	CursorSlice const & innerTextSlice() const;
-	// convert a DocIterator into an argument to LFUN_PARAGRAPH_GOTO
-	docstring paragraphGotoArgument() const;
+	/// convert a DocIterator into an argument to LFUN_PARAGRAPH_GOTO
+	/// \p nopos determines whether the cursor position is returned
+	docstring paragraphGotoArgument(bool const nopos = false) const;
 	/// returns a DocIterator for the containing text inset
 	DocIterator getInnerText() const;
 	/// the first and last positions of a word at top cursor slice