diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6958182c..1f04ffc0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 2015-04-20  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/winio.c (need_horizontal_update, need_vertical_update): Fuse
 	two identical functions into one: need_screen_update().
+	* src/prompt.c (need_statusbar_horizontal_update): Rename function
+	to need_statusbar_update() as there is no vertical counterpart.
 
 2015-04-18  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/global.c, src/nano.c, doc/man/nanorc.5, doc/texinfo/nano.texi:
diff --git a/src/prompt.c b/src/prompt.c
index 89d0a86c..38178df7 100644
--- a/src/prompt.c
+++ b/src/prompt.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ int do_statusbar_mouse(void)
 			statusbar_xplustabs()) + mouse_x - start_col);
 	    statusbar_pww = statusbar_xplustabs();
 
-	    if (need_statusbar_horizontal_update(pww_save))
+	    if (need_statusbar_update(pww_save))
 		update_statusbar_line(answer, statusbar_x);
 	}
     }
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ void do_statusbar_home(void)
 	statusbar_pww = statusbar_xplustabs();
     }
 
-    if (need_statusbar_horizontal_update(pww_save))
+    if (need_statusbar_update(pww_save))
 	update_statusbar_line(answer, statusbar_x);
 }
 
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ void do_statusbar_end(void)
     statusbar_x = strlen(answer);
     statusbar_pww = statusbar_xplustabs();
 
-    if (need_statusbar_horizontal_update(pww_save))
+    if (need_statusbar_update(pww_save))
 	update_statusbar_line(answer, statusbar_x);
 }
 
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ void do_statusbar_left(void)
 	statusbar_x = move_mbleft(answer, statusbar_x);
 	statusbar_pww = statusbar_xplustabs();
 
-	if (need_statusbar_horizontal_update(pww_save))
+	if (need_statusbar_update(pww_save))
 	    update_statusbar_line(answer, statusbar_x);
     }
 }
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ void do_statusbar_right(void)
 	statusbar_x = move_mbright(answer, statusbar_x);
 	statusbar_pww = statusbar_xplustabs();
 
-	if (need_statusbar_horizontal_update(pww_save))
+	if (need_statusbar_update(pww_save))
 	    update_statusbar_line(answer, statusbar_x);
     }
 }
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ bool do_statusbar_next_word(bool allow_punct)
 
     statusbar_pww = statusbar_xplustabs();
 
-    if (need_statusbar_horizontal_update(pww_save))
+    if (need_statusbar_update(pww_save))
 	update_statusbar_line(answer, statusbar_x);
 
     /* Return whether we started on a word. */
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ bool do_statusbar_prev_word(bool allow_punct)
 
     statusbar_pww = statusbar_xplustabs();
 
-    if (need_statusbar_horizontal_update(pww_save))
+    if (need_statusbar_update(pww_save))
 	update_statusbar_line(answer, statusbar_x);
 
     /* Return whether we started on a word. */
@@ -698,10 +698,10 @@ void update_statusbar_line(const char *curranswer, size_t index)
     wnoutrefresh(bottomwin);
 }
 
-/* Return TRUE if we need an update after moving horizontally, and FALSE
- * otherwise.  We need one if pww_save and statusbar_pww are on
+/* Return TRUE if we need an update after moving the cursor, and FALSE
+ * otherwise.  We need an update if pww_save and statusbar_pww are on
  * different pages. */
-bool need_statusbar_horizontal_update(size_t pww_save)
+bool need_statusbar_update(size_t pww_save)
 {
     size_t start_col = strlenpt(prompt) + 2;
 
diff --git a/src/proto.h b/src/proto.h
index 3a6e593f..823386a7 100644
--- a/src/proto.h
+++ b/src/proto.h
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ size_t statusbar_xplustabs(void);
 size_t get_statusbar_page_start(size_t start_col, size_t column);
 void reset_statusbar_cursor(void);
 void update_statusbar_line(const char *curranswer, size_t index);
-bool need_statusbar_horizontal_update(size_t pww_save);
+bool need_statusbar_update(size_t pww_save);
 void total_statusbar_refresh(void (*refresh_func)(void));
 functionptrtype get_prompt_string(int *value, bool allow_tabs,
 #ifndef DISABLE_TABCOMP