diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index a5b56fe933..e3a9b90961 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ wxMSW:
 - fixed release mode build with VC 7.x (Martin Ecker)
 - fix iostream.h problem with VC 7.1 (it doesn't support it any longer) 
 - compilation fix for XRC with mingw32
+- strip ampersands from strings returned by wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop()
 
 wxMotif:
 
diff --git a/src/msw/menu.cpp b/src/msw/menu.cpp
index 6420604cc5..8dc394f671 100644
--- a/src/msw/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/menu.cpp
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ wxString wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop(size_t pos) const
     wxCHECK_MSG( pos < GetMenuCount(), wxEmptyString,
                  wxT("invalid menu index in wxMenuBar::GetLabelTop") );
 
-    return m_titles[pos];
+    return wxMenuItem::GetLabelFromText(m_titles[pos]);
 }
 
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