diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 96d8cf3d83a6639790a15cf1788b1b45a9ad6731..df5025dacc80f47b97982cde4984be3a1fde197e 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-05-19  Deniz Dogan  <deniz@dogan.se>
+
+	* net/rcirc.el (rcirc-mode): Initialize rcirc-urls to nil.
+
 2011-05-19  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
 	* progmodes/f90.el (f90-type-def-re):
diff --git a/lisp/net/rcirc.el b/lisp/net/rcirc.el
index 206ebc8997c98e8d0641f3bea4ad6391f9e9938d..3a423379b64beff78847a153239eab365a9a9ae9 100644
--- a/lisp/net/rcirc.el
+++ b/lisp/net/rcirc.el
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ This number is independent of the number of lines in the buffer.")
   (set (make-local-variable 'rcirc-current-line) 0)
 
   (set (make-local-variable 'rcirc-short-buffer-name) nil)
-  (set (make-local-variable 'rcirc-urls) t)
+  (set (make-local-variable 'rcirc-urls) nil)
 
   ;; setup for omitting responses
   (setq buffer-invisibility-spec '())