diff --git a/plugins/README.md b/plugins/README.md
index 8d3b09ad..2ab729de 100644
--- a/plugins/README.md
+++ b/plugins/README.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Plugins extend the capabilities of `nnn`. They are _executable_ scripts (or bina
 | [upload](upload) | Upload to Firefox Send or ix.io (text) or file.io (bin) | sh | [ffsend](https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend), curl, jq, tr |
 | [vidthumb](vidthumb) | Show video thumbnails in terminal | sh | [ffmpegthumbnailer](https://github.com/dirkvdb/ffmpegthumbnailer),<br>[lsix](https://github.com/hackerb9/lsix) |
 | [wall](wall) | Set wallpaper or change colorscheme | sh | nitrogen/pywal |
-| [x2sel](x2sel) | Copy `\n`-separated file list from system clipboard to sel | sh | _see in-file docs_ |
+| [x2sel](x2sel) | Copy file list from system clipboard to selection | sh | _see in-file docs_ |
 | [xdgdefault](xdgdefault) | Set the default app for the hovered file type | sh | xdg-utils, fzf |
 
 Note:
diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 4a55900b..e13750e1 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -5751,15 +5751,15 @@ static void statusbar(char *path)
 
 	printw("%d/%s ", cur + 1, xitoa(ndents));
 
-	if (g_state.selmode) {
+	if (g_state.selmode || nselected) {
 		attron(A_REVERSE);
 		addch(' ');
 		if (g_state.rangesel)
 			addch('*');
-		else if (nselected)
-			addstr(xitoa(nselected));
-		else
+		else if (g_state.selmode)
 			addch('+');
+		if (nselected)
+			addstr(xitoa(nselected));
 		addch(' ');
 		attroff(A_REVERSE);
 		addch(' ');