diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d6853e2e..f7ccc002 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ byobu (5.105) unreleased; urgency=medium
     - update examples
   * debian/control:
     - pastebinit needs to be in the recommends
+  * usr/lib/byobu/swap, usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1:
+    - switch swap to black on green, white on green
+      was unreadable
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Sun, 28 Feb 2016 23:46:26 -0600
 
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/swap b/usr/lib/byobu/swap
index aa4d8b4d..7fc8eba2 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/swap
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/swap
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ __swap() {
 			unit="$ICON_KB"
 		fi
 		[ -n "$mem" ] || return
-		color b G w; printf "s%s" "$mem"; color -; color G w; printf "%s" "$unit"; color -;
-		color b G w; printf "%s" "$f"; color -; color G w; printf "%s" "$PCT"; color --
+		color b G k; printf "s%s" "$mem"; color -; color G k; printf "%s" "$unit"; color -;
+		color b G k; printf "%s" "$f"; color -; color G k; printf "%s" "$PCT"; color --
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1 b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
index 4b02a1a3..d9985ffc 100644
--- a/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
+++ b/usr/share/man/man1/byobu.1
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ The background colors of the \fBbyobu\fP status lines can be adjusted by editing
 
 \fBsession\fP \- byobu session name (only supported in \fBbyobu-tmux\fP(1)); displayed in the lower bar on the left in underlined black text on a white background
 
-\fBswap\fP \- total swap space and total used as a percentage of the total available; displayed in the lower bar toward the right in white text on a light green background with a trailing '%' sign
+\fBswap\fP \- total swap space and total used as a percentage of the total available; displayed in the lower bar toward the right in black text on a light green background with a trailing '%' sign
 
 \fBtime\fP \- the system time in HH:MM:SS format (by default), or you can set this to any valid \fBstrftime\fP(3) you like in \fI$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/datetime\fP; displayed in the lower bar on the far right in the default text and default background colors