diff --git a/doc/geos.sgml b/doc/geos.sgml
index a49b4d88d..efbb6e19a 100644
--- a/doc/geos.sgml
+++ b/doc/geos.sgml
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ GEOS application.
 <p>
 These function show two lines of text in standard-sized DialogBox. You can read the code of
 pressed icon from return value. E.g. for <tt/DlgBoxYesNo/ it can only be <tt/YES/ or <tt/NO/.
+You can pass an empty string or NULL to get a blank line.
 
 <sect3>DlgBoxGetString
 <p>
diff --git a/libsrc/geos/dlgbox/dbget2lines.s b/libsrc/geos/dlgbox/dbget2lines.s
index 1258dbb48..96440987d 100644
--- a/libsrc/geos/dlgbox/dbget2lines.s
+++ b/libsrc/geos/dlgbox/dbget2lines.s
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 ;
-; Maciej 'YTM/Alliance' Witkowiak
+; Maciej 'YTM/Elysium' Witkowiak
 ;
 ; 25.12.99
 
@@ -8,10 +8,30 @@
 	    .importzp ptr3,ptr4
 	    .import popax
 
+.code
+
 DB_get2lines:
-	    sta ptr4
+	    sta ptr4		; fetch line 2
 	    stx ptr4+1
 	    jsr popax
-	    sta ptr3
+	    sta ptr3		; fetch line 1
 	    stx ptr3+1
-	    rts
+	    ldx ptr3
+	    jsr checknull
+	    ldx ptr4
+	    jmp checknull
+
+checknull:
+	    lda $0,x
+	    ora $1,x
+	    bne cn_end
+	    lda #<nullstring
+	    sta $0,x
+	    lda #>nullstring
+	    sta $1,x
+cn_end:	    rts
+
+.rodata
+
+nullstring:
+	    .byte 0