diff --git a/MMVimController.m b/MMVimController.m
index 08cc5f1598..4c811b2022 100644
--- a/MMVimController.m
+++ b/MMVimController.m
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ static NSMenuItem *findMenuItemWithTagInMenu(NSMenu *root, int tag)
                                    title:(in bycopy NSString *)title
                                   saving:(int)saving
 {
+    [windowController setStatusText:title];
+
     if (saving) {
         [[NSSavePanel savePanel] beginSheetForDirectory:dir file:nil
                 modalForWindow:[windowController window]
@@ -784,6 +786,8 @@ static NSMenuItem *findMenuItemWithTagInMenu(NSMenu *root, int tag)
 - (void)panelDidEnd:(NSSavePanel *)panel code:(int)code context:(void *)context
 {
 #if MM_USE_DO
+    [windowController setStatusText:@""];
+
     NSString *string = (code == NSOKButton) ? [panel filename] : nil;
     [backendProxy setBrowseForFileString:string];
 #else
diff --git a/MMWindowController.m b/MMWindowController.m
index 9d6b3ce309..06a0f25653 100644
--- a/MMWindowController.m
+++ b/MMWindowController.m
@@ -891,6 +891,10 @@ NSMutableArray *buildMenuAddress(NSMenu *menu)
         // Text storage dimensions changed, notify the VimTask.
         int dim[2];
         [textStorage getMaxRows:&dim[0] columns:&dim[1]];
+
+        NSString *sdim = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%dx%d", dim[1], dim[0]];
+        [self flashStatusText:sdim];
+
         //NSLog(@"Notify Vim that text storage dimensions changed to %dx%d",
         //        dim[0], dim[1]);
         NSData *data = [NSData dataWithBytes:dim length:2*sizeof(int)];