diff --git a/src/avatar.cpp b/src/avatar.cpp
index a058ed617c869..64acda77047f4 100644
--- a/src/avatar.cpp
+++ b/src/avatar.cpp
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ nc_color avatar::basic_symbol_color() const
 
 int avatar::print_info( const catacurses::window &w, int vStart, int, int column ) const
 {
-    return vStart + fold_and_print( w, point( column, vStart ), getmaxx( w ), c_dark_gray,
+    return vStart + fold_and_print( w, point( column, vStart ), getmaxx( w ) - column - 1, c_dark_gray,
                                     _( "You (%s)" ),
                                     name ) - 1;
 }
diff --git a/src/npc.cpp b/src/npc.cpp
index 0ff293bb877c3..2ebd0cbf9ee0e 100644
--- a/src/npc.cpp
+++ b/src/npc.cpp
@@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@ nc_color npc::basic_symbol_color() const
 int npc::print_info( const catacurses::window &w, int line, int vLines, int column ) const
 {
     const int last_line = line + vLines;
-    const int iWidth = getmaxx( w ) - 2;
+    const int iWidth = getmaxx( w ) - 1 - column;
     // First line of w is the border; the next 4 are terrain info, and after that
     // is a blank line. w is 13 characters tall, and we can't use the last one
     // because it's a border as well; so we have lines 6 through 11.