diff --git a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
index f9cf10c96..fd4c4d094 100644
--- a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
+++ b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
@@ -1642,6 +1642,9 @@ curses: typing ESC to cancel something issued a beep; if the terminal was set
 curses: with window borders on and align_status:left, restoring brought up a
 	screen where the message window's border wasn't shown; once it needed
 	to be scrolled to fit a new message, the border appeared
+curses: after changing curses_mark_synch() to do something, making a menu
+	selection by entering a count that uses more than 1 digit caused the
+	menu to vanish
 Qt: at Xp levels above 20 with 'showexp' On, the combined status field
 	"Level:NN/nnnnnnnn" was too big and truncated by a char at each end
 Qt: searching a text window for something that wasn't found and then searching
diff --git a/win/curses/cursmain.c b/win/curses/cursmain.c
index 2c0c8a16a..ba76ecf4e 100644
--- a/win/curses/cursmain.c
+++ b/win/curses/cursmain.c
@@ -751,7 +751,11 @@ mark_synch()    -- Don't go beyond this point in I/O on any channel until
 void
 curses_mark_synch(void)
 {
-    curses_refresh_nethack_windows();
+     /* full refresh has unintended side-effect of making a menu window
+        that has called core's get_count() to vanish; do a basic screen
+        refresh instead */
+     /*curses_refresh_nethack_windows();*/
+     refresh();
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/win/curses/cursmisc.c b/win/curses/cursmisc.c
index ef07fb602..2ee464fe1 100644
--- a/win/curses/cursmisc.c
+++ b/win/curses/cursmisc.c
@@ -712,11 +712,11 @@ curses_get_count(int first_digit)
        curses's message window will display that in count window instead */
     current_char = get_count(NULL, (char) first_digit,
                              /* 0L => no limit on value unless it wraps
-                                to negative */
+                              * to negative */
                              0L, &current_count,
-                             /* default: don't put into message history,
-                                don't echo until second digit entered */
-                             GC_NOFLAGS);
+                             /* don't put into message history, echo full
+                              * number rather than waiting until 2nd digit */
+                             GC_ECHOFIRST);
 
     ungetch(current_char);
     if (current_char == '\033') {     /* Cancelled with escape */