diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index df78076b..d8e2f06d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 	* src/files.c (do_writeout), src/nano.c (do_exit): Normalize the
 	punctuation in some prompts: no space before a question mark, and
 	a semicolon instead of a comma between phrases.
+	* src/text.c (do_cutword): Don't put cut words into the cutbuffer --
+	that is: treat the deletion of words like pressing Backspace/Delete.
 
 2016-03-19  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/search.c (search_init): Always remember the last typed string,
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index b8370256..08c6e81f 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ void do_cutword(bool backward)
     filestruct *is_current = openfile->current;
     size_t is_current_x = openfile->current_x;
 
+    /* Remember where the cutbuffer is and then make it seem blank. */
+    filestruct *is_cutbuffer = cutbuffer;
+    filestruct *is_cutbottom = cutbottom;
+    cutbuffer = NULL;
+    cutbottom = NULL;
+
     /* Move the cursor to a word start, to the left or to the right. */
     if (backward)
 	do_prev_word(ISSET(WORD_BOUNDS), FALSE);
@@ -205,6 +211,11 @@ void do_cutword(bool backward)
 
     /* Now kill the marked region and a word is gone. */
     do_cut_text_void();
+
+    /* Discard the cut word and restore the cutbuffer. */
+    free_filestruct(cutbuffer);
+    cutbuffer = is_cutbuffer;
+    cutbottom = is_cutbottom;
 }
 
 /* Delete a word leftward. */