X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fmessage.cc;h=3f934265a73727feceb0f5dfa26bc70f55669dbe;hb=523f06a0add737aa0577f43c319f069bc0ff10f3;hp=e6a5a5af9651d207b01ca755e6adbba700fc0a85;hpb=df8885f62c13f77b2b16cbb211e3a727945870b0;p=notmuch

diff --git a/lib/message.cc b/lib/message.cc
index e6a5a5af..3f934265 100644
--- a/lib/message.cc
+++ b/lib/message.cc
@@ -193,14 +193,16 @@ _notmuch_message_create (const void *talloc_owner,
  *     There is already a document with message ID 'message_id' in the
  *     database. The returned message can be used to query/modify the
  *     document.
+ *
  *   NOTMUCH_PRIVATE_STATUS_NO_DOCUMENT_FOUND:
  *
  *     No document with 'message_id' exists in the database. The
  *     returned message contains a newly created document (not yet
  *     added to the database) and a document ID that is known not to
- *     exist in the database. The caller can modify the message, and a
- *     call to _notmuch_message_sync will add * the document to the
- *     database.
+ *     exist in the database.  This message is "blank"; that is, it
+ *     contains only a message ID and no other metadata. The caller
+ *     can modify the message, and a call to _notmuch_message_sync
+ *     will add the document to the database.
  *
  * If an error occurs, this function will return NULL and *status
  * will be set as appropriate. (The status pointer argument must
@@ -1032,6 +1034,8 @@ _notmuch_message_gen_terms (notmuch_message_t *message,
 	/* Create a gap between this an the next terms so they don't
 	 * appear to be a phrase. */
 	message->termpos = term_gen->get_termpos () + 100;
+
+	_notmuch_message_invalidate_metadata (message, prefix_name);
     }
 
     term_gen->set_termpos (message->termpos);