diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/BasicTerminalBuffer.cpp b/src/apps/terminal/BasicTerminalBuffer.cpp
index e54bc4bdc1..6470031c02 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/BasicTerminalBuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/BasicTerminalBuffer.cpp
@@ -709,6 +709,14 @@ BasicTerminalBuffer::EraseBelow()
 }
 
 
+void
+BasicTerminalBuffer::EraseAll()
+{
+	fSoftWrappedCursor = false;
+	_Scroll(fScrollTop, fScrollBottom, fHeight);
+}
+
+
 void
 BasicTerminalBuffer::DeleteChars(int32 numChars)
 {
diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/BasicTerminalBuffer.h b/src/apps/terminal/BasicTerminalBuffer.h
index 36620751d9..7456afd59b 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/BasicTerminalBuffer.h
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/BasicTerminalBuffer.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public:
 			void				EraseChars(int32 numChars);
 			void				EraseAbove();
 			void				EraseBelow();
+			void				EraseAll();
 			void				DeleteChars(int32 numChars);
 			void				DeleteColumns();
 			void				DeleteLines(int32 numLines);
diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/TermParse.cpp b/src/apps/terminal/TermParse.cpp
index 3652b1555d..0f8d10607f 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/TermParse.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/TermParse.cpp
@@ -640,8 +640,7 @@ TermParse::EscParse()
 						break;
 
 					case 2:
-						fBuffer->EraseBelow();
-						fBuffer->EraseAbove();
+						fBuffer->EraseAll();
 						break;
 				}
 				parsestate = groundtable;