diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 968de818..5f2dbca7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-11-27 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
+	* nano.c (do_suspend): Don't clear the screen but do move the cursor down to the last line
+	  first in an effort to not corrupt the screen, which contradicts Pico but is consistent
+	  with almost all other text editors.  Fixes Savannah bug 28110/Debian bug 460510
+	  reported by Tim Connors <reportbug@rather.puzzling.org>.
+
 2009-11-26 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
 	* winio.c (edit_scroll): Adjust for long lines when scrolling.
 	* rcfile.c (parse_rcfile), initialize size argument to getline(), fixes crash on FreeBSD 
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index a1c6dc0e..056f2c43 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -1186,9 +1186,8 @@ RETSIGTYPE do_suspend(int signal)
 
     /* Blank the screen, and move the cursor to the last line of the
      * screen. */
-    erase();
     move(LINES - 1, 0);
-    refresh();
+    endwin();
 
     /* Display our helpful message. */
     printf(_("Use \"fg\" to return to nano.\n"));