diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index 0f5b7206..cd0d98b5 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -983,6 +983,8 @@ void put_or_lift_anchor(void)
 {
 	openfile->current->has_anchor = !openfile->current->has_anchor;
 
+	update_line(openfile->current, openfile->current_x);
+
 	if (openfile->current->has_anchor)
 		statusbar(_("Placed anchor"));
 	else
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index c3a80240..eb89e16d 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2395,7 +2395,12 @@ void draw_row(int row, const char *converted, linestruct *line, size_t from_col)
 #endif
 			mvwprintw(edit, row, 0, "%*zd", margin - 1, line->lineno);
 		wattroff(edit, interface_color_pair[LINE_NUMBER]);
-		wprintw(edit, " ");
+#ifndef NANO_TINY
+		if (line->has_anchor && from_col == 0)
+			wprintw(edit, "+");
+		else
+#endif
+			wprintw(edit, " ");
 	}
 #endif