diff --git a/rogueviz/rogueviz.cpp b/rogueviz/rogueviz.cpp
index 08fe21ba..14bf54f5 100644
--- a/rogueviz/rogueviz.cpp
+++ b/rogueviz/rogueviz.cpp
@@ -1054,11 +1054,12 @@ void showVertexSearch() {
   dialog::addBreak(50);
 
   dialog::addSelItem("matching items", its(isize(dialog::v)), 0);
+  dialog::addInfo(XLAT("press letters to search"));
   dialog::display();
 
   keyhandler = [] (int sym, int uni) {
     dialog::handleNavigation(sym, uni);    
-    if(dialog::editInfix(uni)) ;
+    if(dialog::editInfix(uni)) dialog::list_skip = 0;
     else if(doexiton(sym, uni)) popScreen();
     };