diff --git a/doc/config.html b/doc/config.html
index f917aade..8f5d8e43 100755
--- a/doc/config.html
+++ b/doc/config.html
@@ -2798,6 +2798,16 @@ Options Location = Main Building{a}, New Building{b}, Old Building{c}
         <b><code>10</code></b> seconds after the last edit. Setting Autosave to
         zero disables the autosave functionality.
       </li>
+      <li>
+        <b><code>List drafts = 0|1</code></b><br>
+        By default, draft entries are shown in the list display in another browser
+        when the entries are currently edited. This can be confusing to other users
+        since the draft entries are frequently updated. To avoid this, this flag can
+        be se to <b><code>0</code></b>, which hides all draft entries in the list view.
+        If they are hidden, the only way to come back to them is to hit the
+        <b><code>New</code></b> menu item, in which case the system presents to the user
+        a list of open draft messages to be continued.
+      </li>
     </ul>
     <p>
       <a name="themes" id="themes"></a>
diff --git a/src/elogd.c b/src/elogd.c
index c7296fbf..9033a403 100755
--- a/src/elogd.c
+++ b/src/elogd.c
@@ -21557,8 +21557,9 @@ void show_elog_list(LOGBOOK * lbs, int past_n, int last_n, int page_n, BOOL defa
          break;
       
       /* skip drafts */
-      if (draft[0])
-         continue;
+      if (getcfg(lbs->name, "List drafts", str, sizeof(str)) && atoi(str) == 0)
+         if (draft[0])
+            continue;
 
       if (csv) {