diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 73a5d2d2..dc0b7c41 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+lnav v0.10.1:
+     Bug Fixes:
+     * The text "send-input" would show up on some terminals instead of
+       ignoring the escape sequence.  This control sequence was only
+       intended to be used in the test suite.
+
 lnav v0.10.0:
      Features:
      * Files on remote machines can be viewed/tailed if they are accessible
diff --git a/src/view_curses.cc b/src/view_curses.cc
index 3987fb99..a431d72b 100644
--- a/src/view_curses.cc
+++ b/src/view_curses.cc
@@ -101,9 +101,12 @@ struct utf_to_display_adjustment {
 
 void view_curses::awaiting_user_input()
 {
+    static const bool enabled = getenv("lnav_test") != nullptr;
     static const char OSC_INPUT[] = "\x1b]999;send-input\a";
 
-    write(STDOUT_FILENO, OSC_INPUT, sizeof(OSC_INPUT) - 1);
+    if (enabled) {
+        write(STDOUT_FILENO, OSC_INPUT, sizeof(OSC_INPUT) - 1);
+    }
 }
 
 void view_curses::mvwattrline(WINDOW *window,
diff --git a/test/test_tui.sh b/test/test_tui.sh
index f1507f5c..3b6f4e9b 100644
--- a/test/test_tui.sh
+++ b/test/test_tui.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 unset SSH_CONNECTION
 
 lnav_test="${top_builddir}/src/lnav-test"
+export lnav_test
 
 for fn in ${srcdir}/tui-captures/*; do
     base_fn=`basename $fn`