diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d2a66d4..62f114a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Invoking `nne` without arguments just creates a new buffer. You can specify a fi
 
 ### Status bar
 
-The status bar in nne is the last line of the terminal. Some operations may change its contents, but normally it consists of the following elements: `[state] [filename] [row],[col] [file%] [W]x[H]`, where:
+The status bar in nne is the last line of the terminal. Some operations may change its contents, but normally it consists of the following elements: `[state] [row],[col] [file%] [W]x[H] | [filename]`, where:
 
 - `[state]` can be `-` (normal/insertion) or `C` (modal command),
 - `[filename]` refers to the file currently being edited,
diff --git a/nne.c b/nne.c
index 3a76c16..4268b03 100644
--- a/nne.c
+++ b/nne.c
@@ -528,10 +528,10 @@ void render() { /* main screen rendering function */
     scrbuf_append(nne_msgbuf);
     nne_status_override = 0;
   }
-  else scrbuf_append(nnmsg(0, CURSET "%c %s %u,%u %02u%% %ux%u | %s", nne_termh, 1,
-    (nne_mode == NNE_CMD) ? 'C' : '-', nne_fname, nne_row, nne_col,
+  else scrbuf_append(nnmsg(0, CURSET "%c %u,%u %02u%% %ux%u | %s | %s", nne_termh, 1,
+    (nne_mode == NNE_CMD) ? 'C' : '-', nne_row, nne_col,
     (100*nne_pos/(nne_real_len <= 2 ? 2 : nne_real_len - 2)),
-    nne_termw, nne_termh, "Press Esc Esc h to get help"));
+    nne_termw, nne_termh, nne_fname, "Press Esc Esc h to get help"));
   scrbuf_append(nnmsg(0, CURSET CURSHOW "\0", nne_scry, nne_scrx));
   /* actually draw the screen buffer until the first zero byte */
   nnputs(nne_scrbuf);