diff --git a/interface/wx/frame.h b/interface/wx/frame.h
index f2753026cb..06910df8f2 100644
--- a/interface/wx/frame.h
+++ b/interface/wx/frame.h
@@ -427,7 +427,11 @@ public:
     void SetStatusBarPane(int n);
 
     /**
-        Sets the status bar text and redraws the status bar.
+        Sets the status bar text and updates the status bar display.
+
+        This is a simple wrapper for wxStatusBar::SetStatusText() which doesn't
+        do anything if the frame has no status bar, i.e. GetStatusBar() returns
+        @NULL.
 
         @param text
             The text for the status field.
diff --git a/interface/wx/statusbr.h b/interface/wx/statusbr.h
index 0acf382f52..bdd39c5023 100644
--- a/interface/wx/statusbr.h
+++ b/interface/wx/statusbr.h
@@ -279,7 +279,9 @@ public:
     /**
         Sets the status text for the @a i-th field.
 
-        The given text will replace the current text.
+        The given text will replace the current text. The display of the status
+        bar is updated immediately, so there is no need to call
+        wxWindow::Update() after calling this function.
 
         Note that if PushStatusText() had been called before the new text will
         also replace the last saved value to make sure that the next call to