diff --git a/byobu-launcher b/byobu-launcher
index 9746a380..d510b8df 100755
--- a/byobu-launcher
+++ b/byobu-launcher
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 # Ensure that the PROMPT_COMMAND gets printed, such that gnome-terminal
 # and friends can pick it up before going into screen
-[ -x /bin/bash ] && echo "echo '# Launching Byobu...'" | /bin/bash -i -s 2>/dev/null
+[ -x /bin/bash ] && echo | /bin/bash -i -s 2>/dev/null
 
 out=`screen -ls 2>/dev/null` || true
 if echo "$out" | grep -qsi "^No Sockets found in "; then
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f5652229..b155b49c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 byobu (2.21) unreleased; urgency=low
 
-  * UNRELEASED
+  * byobu-launcher: drop "Launching byobu", since this ends up in the
+    bash history, LP: #400275
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:43:59 -0500
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:12:22 -0500
 
 byobu (2.20-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low