diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index 3e5a6e79894..f1b17fe320d 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-10-19  Julien Danjou  <julien@danjou.info>
+
+	* tutorials/TUTORIAL: Don't mention mode-line end dashes.
+
 2010-10-16  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
 
 	* themes: New directory for custom theme files, moved from lisp/.
diff --git a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
index 1d80f4e1191..f566df9735d 100644
--- a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
+++ b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL
@@ -498,12 +498,12 @@ you save, Emacs leaves the original file under a changed name in case
 you later decide that your changes were a mistake.
 
 If you look near the bottom of the screen you will see a line that
-begins and ends with dashes, and starts with "--:--- TUTORIAL" or
-something like that.  This part of the screen normally shows the name
-of the file that you are visiting.  Right now, you are visiting a file
-called "TUTORIAL" which is your personal scratch copy of the Emacs
-tutorial.  When you find a file with Emacs, that file's name will
-appear in that precise spot.
+begins with dashes, and starts with "--:--- TUTORIAL" or something
+like that.  This part of the screen normally shows the name of the
+file that you are visiting.  Right now, you are visiting a file called
+"TUTORIAL" which is your personal scratch copy of the Emacs tutorial.
+When you find a file with Emacs, that file's name will appear in that
+precise spot.
 
 One special thing about the command for finding a file is that you
 have to say what file name you want.  We say the command "reads an
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 394cfdd61d7..aae1e0e81c0 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-10-18  Julien Danjou  <julien@danjou.info>
+
+	* bindings.el: Remove end dashes in default mode-line-format.
+
 2010-10-19  Chong Yidong  <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
 
 	* bindings.el (global-map): Bind C-d to delete-char and deletechar
diff --git a/lisp/bindings.el b/lisp/bindings.el
index 9c802e53a56..e9a4c559169 100644
--- a/lisp/bindings.el
+++ b/lisp/bindings.el
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ Keymap to display on column and line numbers.")
 mouse-2: Make current window occupy the whole frame\n\
 mouse-3: Remove current window from display")
        (recursive-edit-help-echo "Recursive edit, type C-M-c to get out")
-       (dashes (propertize "--" 'help-echo help-echo))
+       (spaces (propertize " " 'help-echo help-echo))
        (standard-mode-line-format
 	(list
 	 "%e"
@@ -334,9 +334,10 @@ mouse-3: Remove current window from display")
 	 '(vc-mode vc-mode)
 	 (propertize "  " 'help-echo help-echo)
 	 'mode-line-modes
-	 `(which-func-mode ("" which-func-format ,dashes))
-	 `(global-mode-string ("" global-mode-string ,dashes))
-	 (propertize "-%-" 'help-echo help-echo)))
+	 `(which-func-mode ("" which-func-format ,spaces))
+	 `(global-mode-string ("" global-mode-string ,spaces))
+	 `(:eval (unless (display-graphic-p)
+		   ,(propertize "-%-" 'help-echo help-echo)))))
        (standard-mode-line-modes
 	(list
 	 (propertize "%[" 'help-echo recursive-edit-help-echo)
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ mouse-3: Toggle minor modes"
 				 'mouse-2 #'mode-line-widen))
 	 (propertize ")" 'help-echo help-echo)
 	 (propertize "%]" 'help-echo recursive-edit-help-echo)
-	 (propertize "--" 'help-echo help-echo)))
+	 spaces))
 
        (standard-mode-line-position
 	`((-3 ,(propertize