diff --git a/edit.c b/edit.c
index a9a8e4e..58abed0 100644
--- a/edit.c
+++ b/edit.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 #include "sh.h"
 
-__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/edit.c,v 1.97 2007/05/22 21:13:56 tg Exp $");
+__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/edit.c,v 1.98 2007/05/24 19:15:46 tg Exp $");
 
 /* tty driver characters we are interested in */
 typedef struct {
@@ -1696,10 +1696,13 @@ x_delete(int nc, int push)
 	 * But if we must, make sure we do the minimum.
 	 */
 	if ((i = xx_cols - 2 - x_col) > 0 || xep - xlp == 0) {
-		nw = (i = ((nw < i) ? nw : i)) + 1;
+		nw = i = (nw < i) ? nw : i;
 		while (i--)
 			x_e_putc2(' ');
-		x_e_putc2((xep > xlp) ? '>' : (xbp > xbuf) ? '<' : ' ');
+		if (x_col == xx_cols - 2) {
+			x_e_putc2((xep > xlp) ? '>' : (xbp > xbuf) ? '<' : ' ');
+			++nw;
+		}
 		while (nw--)
 			x_e_putc2('\b');
 	}