diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d5fbaef263..dcabbba2e1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-10-29  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@ximian.com>
+
+	* gtk/gtkcellrendererseptext.c
+	(gtk_cell_renderer_sep_text_render): Only paint a separator if the
+	text is NULL, rather than also doing it if it is an empty string.
+
 Wed Oct 29 15:40:26 2003  Owen Taylor  <otaylor@redhat.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtkmessagedialog.c (gtk_message_dialog_new/
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index d5fbaef263..dcabbba2e1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-10-29  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@ximian.com>
+
+	* gtk/gtkcellrendererseptext.c
+	(gtk_cell_renderer_sep_text_render): Only paint a separator if the
+	text is NULL, rather than also doing it if it is an empty string.
+
 Wed Oct 29 15:40:26 2003  Owen Taylor  <otaylor@redhat.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtkmessagedialog.c (gtk_message_dialog_new/
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-4 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-4
index d5fbaef263..dcabbba2e1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-4
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-4
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-10-29  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@ximian.com>
+
+	* gtk/gtkcellrendererseptext.c
+	(gtk_cell_renderer_sep_text_render): Only paint a separator if the
+	text is NULL, rather than also doing it if it is an empty string.
+
 Wed Oct 29 15:40:26 2003  Owen Taylor  <otaylor@redhat.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtkmessagedialog.c (gtk_message_dialog_new/
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
index d5fbaef263..dcabbba2e1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-10-29  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@ximian.com>
+
+	* gtk/gtkcellrendererseptext.c
+	(gtk_cell_renderer_sep_text_render): Only paint a separator if the
+	text is NULL, rather than also doing it if it is an empty string.
+
 Wed Oct 29 15:40:26 2003  Owen Taylor  <otaylor@redhat.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtkmessagedialog.c (gtk_message_dialog_new/
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
index d5fbaef263..dcabbba2e1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-10-29  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@ximian.com>
+
+	* gtk/gtkcellrendererseptext.c
+	(gtk_cell_renderer_sep_text_render): Only paint a separator if the
+	text is NULL, rather than also doing it if it is an empty string.
+
 Wed Oct 29 15:40:26 2003  Owen Taylor  <otaylor@redhat.com>
 
 	* gtk/gtkmessagedialog.c (gtk_message_dialog_new/
diff --git a/gtk/gtkcellrendererseptext.c b/gtk/gtkcellrendererseptext.c
index c1eca18a00..d9ec1a8486 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkcellrendererseptext.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkcellrendererseptext.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ gtk_cell_renderer_sep_text_render (GtkCellRenderer      *cell,
 
   text = st->renderer_text.text;
 
-  if (!text || !text[0])
+  if (!text)
     gtk_paint_hline (gtk_widget_get_style (widget),
 		     window,
 		     GTK_WIDGET_STATE (widget),