diff --git a/doc/DETAILS b/doc/DETAILS
index 927cc6160..65974dd86 100644
--- a/doc/DETAILS
+++ b/doc/DETAILS
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ more arguments in future versions.
 
 
     NEWSIG
-        May be issued right before a signature verification starts.  This
-        is useful to define a context for parsing ERROR status
-        messages.  No arguments are currently defined.
+        Is issued right before a signature verification starts.  This is
+        useful to define a context for parsing ERROR status messages.  No
+        arguments are currently defined.
 
     GOODSIG  <long_keyid_or_fpr>  <username>
 	The signature with the keyid is good.  For each signature only
diff --git a/g10/mainproc.c b/g10/mainproc.c
index 6288030b0..be4c73dac 100644
--- a/g10/mainproc.c
+++ b/g10/mainproc.c
@@ -1604,6 +1604,8 @@ check_sig_and_print( CTX c, KBNODE node )
 
   }
 
+  write_status_text (STATUS_NEWSIG, NULL);
+
   /* (Indendation below not yet changed to GNU style.) */
 
     astr = openpgp_pk_algo_name ( sig->pubkey_algo );