diff --git a/doc/Xserver.man.pre b/doc/Xserver.man.pre
index 8144c8a..0a447bb 100644
--- a/doc/Xserver.man.pre
+++ b/doc/Xserver.man.pre
@@ -216,9 +216,8 @@ turns off auto-repeat.
 turns on auto-repeat.
 .TP 8
 .B -retro
-starts the stipple with the classic stipple and cursor visible.  The default
-is to start with a black root window, and to suppress display of the cursor
-until the first time an application calls XDefineCursor().  For the Xorg
+starts the stipple with the classic stipple.  The default
+is to start with a black root window.  For the Xorg
 server, this also sets the default for the DontZap option to FALSE.  For
 kdrive servers, this implies -zap.
 .TP 8
diff --git a/os/utils.c b/os/utils.c
index 5a5a203..f45d5eb 100644
--- a/os/utils.c
+++ b/os/utils.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ void UseMsg(void)
 #ifdef RENDER
     ErrorF("-render [default|mono|gray|color] set render color alloc policy\n");
 #endif
-    ErrorF("-retro                 start with classic stipple and cursor\n");
+    ErrorF("-retro                 start with classic stipple\n");
     ErrorF("-s #                   screen-saver timeout (minutes)\n");
     ErrorF("-t #                   default pointer threshold (pixels/t)\n");
     ErrorF("-terminate             terminate at server reset\n");
diff --git a/xfixes/cursor.c b/xfixes/cursor.c
index 1471a58..f40d91c 100644
--- a/xfixes/cursor.c
+++ b/xfixes/cursor.c
@@ -1068,9 +1068,8 @@ XFixesCursorInit (void)
 {
     int	i;
 
-    if (party_like_its_1989)
-	CursorVisible = EnableCursor;
-    
+    CursorVisible = EnableCursor;
+
     for (i = 0; i < screenInfo.numScreens; i++)
     {
 	ScreenPtr	pScreen = screenInfo.screens[i];