diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 24f41604..e314d7f3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 byobu (5.81) unreleased; urgency=medium
 
-  * UNRELEASED
+  * usr/bin/byobu-enable.in, usr/share/man/man1/byobu-enable.1:
+    - no need to launch byobu in byobu-enable (no idea why I did it
+      that way originally)
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:36:59 -0700
 
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-enable.in b/usr/bin/byobu-enable.in
index 1d3deb95..50e0c921 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-enable.in
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-enable.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 #
-#    byobu-enable: enable and launch byobu
+#    byobu-enable: enable launch byobu at login
 #    Copyright (C) 2010 Canonical Ltd.
 #
 #    Authors: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@byobu.co>
@@ -30,9 +30,5 @@ echo
 echo "To disable this behavior later, just run:"
 echo "  byobu-disable"
 echo
-printf "Press <enter> to continue..."
-$(head -n1)
-
-exec byobu
 
 # vi: syntax=sh ts=4 noexpandtab
diff --git a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-enable.1 b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-enable.1
index c53c6fbf..47d954ea 100644
--- a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-enable.1
+++ b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu-enable.1
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ byobu-enable, byobu-disable \- wrapper script for enabling/disabling automatic s
 \fBbyobu-disable\fP
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-\fBbyobu-enable\fP will do two things:
- 1) run \fBbyobu-launcher-install\fP(1) to configure \fBbyobu\fP(1) to launch automatically on login
- 2) then launch \fBbyobu\fP(1)
+\fBbyobu-enable\fP will run \fBbyobu-launcher-install\fP(1) to configure \fBbyobu\fP(1) to launch automatically on login
 
 \fBbyobu-disable\fP will simply run \fBbyobu-launcher-uninstall\fP(1).