diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index abaa66db5..c8e1630fd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 WeeChat - Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat
 ===========================================
 
-ChangeLog - 2006-06-15
+ChangeLog - 2006-06-16
 
 Version 0.2.0 (under dev!):
+   * fixed display bug with special char (bug #16732)
    * added color encoding for some commands like /me
    * renamed plugins names (removed "lib" prefix in name)
    * fixed crash when closing DCC/raw buffer if 2 are open (bug #16808)
diff --git a/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-chat.c b/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-chat.c
index e1d8d3e94..38d4852e6 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-chat.c
+++ b/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-chat.c
@@ -446,7 +446,10 @@ gui_chat_display_word_raw (t_gui_window *window, char *string)
         {
             saved_char = next_char[0];
             next_char[0] = '\0';
-            wprintw (GUI_CURSES(window)->win_chat, "%s", prev_char);
+            if ((prev_char[0] == -110) && (!prev_char[1]))
+                wprintw (GUI_CURSES(window)->win_chat, ".");
+            else
+                wprintw (GUI_CURSES(window)->win_chat, "%s", prev_char);
             next_char[0] = saved_char;
         }
         
diff --git a/weechat/ChangeLog b/weechat/ChangeLog
index abaa66db5..c8e1630fd 100644
--- a/weechat/ChangeLog
+++ b/weechat/ChangeLog
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 WeeChat - Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat
 ===========================================
 
-ChangeLog - 2006-06-15
+ChangeLog - 2006-06-16
 
 Version 0.2.0 (under dev!):
+   * fixed display bug with special char (bug #16732)
    * added color encoding for some commands like /me
    * renamed plugins names (removed "lib" prefix in name)
    * fixed crash when closing DCC/raw buffer if 2 are open (bug #16808)
diff --git a/weechat/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-chat.c b/weechat/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-chat.c
index e1d8d3e94..38d4852e6 100644
--- a/weechat/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-chat.c
+++ b/weechat/src/gui/curses/gui-curses-chat.c
@@ -446,7 +446,10 @@ gui_chat_display_word_raw (t_gui_window *window, char *string)
         {
             saved_char = next_char[0];
             next_char[0] = '\0';
-            wprintw (GUI_CURSES(window)->win_chat, "%s", prev_char);
+            if ((prev_char[0] == -110) && (!prev_char[1]))
+                wprintw (GUI_CURSES(window)->win_chat, ".");
+            else
+                wprintw (GUI_CURSES(window)->win_chat, "%s", prev_char);
             next_char[0] = saved_char;
         }