diff --git a/bin/processes b/bin/processes
index 0ee6d889..55dbb10a 100755
--- a/bin/processes
+++ b/bin/processes
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-printf "\005{=b yk}%s\005{-}\005{= yk}&\005{-} " $(ls -d /proc/[0-9]* 2>/dev/null| wc -l)
+printf "\005{=b yw}%s\005{-}\005{= yw}&\005{-} " $(ls -d /proc/[0-9]* 2>/dev/null| wc -l)
diff --git a/byobu.1 b/byobu.1
index 52d80fc8..fc32e4b9 100644
--- a/byobu.1
+++ b/byobu.1
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ byobu \- wrapper script for seeding a user's byobu configuration and launching s
 
 \fBnetwork\fP \- instaneous upload/download bandwidth in kB/s over the last 2 seconds; displayed in the lower bar toward the right in white text on a purple background with a leading '^' sign indicating 'up' and 'v' sign indicating 'down'; override the default interface by specifying an alternate interface in \fI$HOME/.byobu/network\fP
 
-\fBprocesses\fP \- total number of processes running on the system; displayed in the lower bar in black text on a dark yellow background with a trailing '&' indicating 'background processes'
+\fBprocesses\fP \- total number of processes running on the system; displayed in the lower bar in white text on a dark yellow background with a trailing '&' indicating 'background processes'
 
 \fBreboot_required\fP \- symbol present if a reboot is required following a system update; displayed in the lower bar white text on a blue background by the symbol '(R)'; additionally, reboot_required will print '<F5>' in white text on a blue background, if Byobu requires you to reload your profile to affect some changes.
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c7b5702c..a02eb6fa 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ byobu (2.19) unreleased; urgency=low
     fan speed status
   * bin/users, byobu.1: don't display '0#' if no users logged in; waste of
     space, match behavior of updates_available
+  * bin/processes, byobu.1: use white text on yellow background, more
+    readable on tty's
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:35:45 -0500
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:50:50 -0500
 
 byobu (2.18-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low