diff --git a/edit/ChangeLog b/edit/ChangeLog
index 333ac055c..1cd93c948 100644
--- a/edit/ChangeLog
+++ b/edit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2001-12-21  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* edit.c (user_menu): Don't move the cursor before and after
+	inserting the block.
+	Reported by Matthias Urban <murban@cs.uni-magdeburg.de>
+
 	* syntax.c (read_one_line): Clear errno before using it.  Don't
 	use the result of fgetc() if errno is EINTR.
 
diff --git a/edit/edit.c b/edit/edit.c
index f183c3391..ca90b93be 100644
--- a/edit/edit.c
+++ b/edit/edit.c
@@ -2702,9 +2702,7 @@ void user_menu (WEdit *edit)
 	}
 
 	if (!rc) {
-	    edit_cursor_to_bol (edit);
 	    edit_insert_file (edit, block_file);
-	    edit_cursor_to_eol (edit);
 	}
     } else {
 	/* error file exists and is not empty */