diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index 286d043b3..1192fb03d 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ changelog.txt uses a syntax similar to RST, with a few special sequences:
 - Gui focus strings will no longer get the "dfhack/" prefix if the string "dfhack/" already exists in the focus string
 
 ## Lua
+- ``dfhack.screen.paintTile()``: you can now explicitly clear the interface cursor from a map tile by passing ``0`` as the tile value
 - ``widgets.Label``: token ``tile`` properties can now be functions that return a value
 -@ ``gui.INTERIOR_FRAME``: a panel frame style for use in highlighting off interior areas of a UI
 
diff --git a/library/modules/Screen.cpp b/library/modules/Screen.cpp
index ca0876904..dcb18dd91 100644
--- a/library/modules/Screen.cpp
+++ b/library/modules/Screen.cpp
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@ static bool doSetTile_map(const Pen &pen, int x, int y) {
     long texpos = pen.tile;
     if (!texpos && pen.ch)
         texpos = init->font.large_font_texpos[(uint8_t)pen.ch];
-    if (texpos)
-        vp->screentexpos_interface[index] = texpos;
+    vp->screentexpos_interface[index] = texpos;
     return true;
 }