diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index cf23a68..f0587e3 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -2205,7 +2205,7 @@
 
 	/* make sure the rest of the screen is blank */
 	/* put '~'s on rows that aren't part of the file. */
-	win_draw_end(wp, '~', ' ', row, wp->w_height, HLF_AT);
+	win_draw_end(wp, '~', ' ', row, wp->w_height, HLF_EOB);
     }
 
     /* Reset the type of redrawing required, the window has been updated. */