diff --git a/src/VCBackend.cpp b/src/VCBackend.cpp
index 957c69f585..02141dd48f 100644
--- a/src/VCBackend.cpp
+++ b/src/VCBackend.cpp
@@ -2188,7 +2188,8 @@ bool GIT::getTreeRevisionInfo()
 	}
 
 	doVCCommand("git describe --abbrev --dirty --long > " + quoteName(tmpf.toFilesystemEncoding()),
-		    FileName(owner_->filePath()));
+		    FileName(owner_->filePath()),
+		    false); //git describe returns $?=128 when no tag found (but git repo still exists)
 
 	if (tmpf.empty())
 		return false;
diff --git a/status.23x b/status.23x
index 9e9cce9443..cc615f005f 100644
--- a/status.23x
+++ b/status.23x
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ What's new
 
 - Avoid using text mode for unicode symbols representable in math mode (bug 9616).
 
+- Do not issue error dialog when no tag is found in git repository for
+  tree-revision info inset.
+
 
 
 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION