diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f19e5bc56..7ca2df355 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-07-01  Robert Larice
+ * src/frontend/help/textdisp.c :
+   textdisp.c, minor rewrite to swallow type conversion warnings
+
 2011-06-30  Robert Larice
  * src/frontend/com_measure2.c :
    surpress warnings, disable currently unused functions
diff --git a/src/frontend/help/textdisp.c b/src/frontend/help/textdisp.c
index 4ac9e35cd..e552958f9 100644
--- a/src/frontend/help/textdisp.c
+++ b/src/frontend/help/textdisp.c
@@ -164,41 +164,45 @@ putline(char *s)
 static int
 putstuff(toplink *tl, int base)
 {
-    unsigned int maxwidth = 0;
+    int maxwidth = 0;
     int ncols, nrows, nbuts = 0, i, j, k;
     toplink *tt;
 
     for (tt = tl; tt; tt = tt->next) {
-        if (strlen(tt->description) + 5 > maxwidth)
-            maxwidth = strlen(tt->description) + 5;
+        if (maxwidth < (int) strlen(tt->description))
+            maxwidth = (int) strlen(tt->description);
         nbuts++;
     }
-    ncols = hlp_width / maxwidth;
-    if (!ncols) {
+
+    ncols = hlp_width / (maxwidth + 5);
+
+    if (ncols < 1) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Help, button too big!!\n");
         return (0);
     }
+
     if (ncols > nbuts)
         ncols = nbuts;
+
     maxwidth = hlp_width / ncols;
-    nrows = nbuts / ncols;
-    if (nrows * ncols < nbuts)
-        nrows++;
+
+    /* round up */
+    nrows = (nbuts + ncols - 1) / ncols;
 
     for (i = 0; i < nrows; i++) {
         for (tt = tl, j = 0; j < i; j++, tt = tt->next)
             ;
         for (j = 0; j < ncols; j++) {
             if (tt)
-                out_printf("%2d) %-*s ", base + j * nrows + i +
-                    1, maxwidth - 5, tt->description);
+                out_printf("%2d) %-*s ", base + j * nrows + i + 1,
+                    maxwidth - 5, tt->description);
             for (k = 0; k < nrows; k++)
                 if (tt)
                     tt = tt->next;
-            
         }
         out_printf("\n");
     }
+
     return (nbuts);
 }