diff --git a/renderer.go b/renderer.go
index 226e7e9..f7be9ed 100644
--- a/renderer.go
+++ b/renderer.go
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ func (r *renderer) flush() {
 	defer r.mtx.Unlock()
 
 	if r.linesRendered > 0 {
+
 		// Clear the lines we painted in the last render.
 		for i := r.linesRendered; i > 0; i-- {
 
@@ -160,6 +161,15 @@ func (r *renderer) flush() {
 		}
 
 		if _, exists := r.ignoreLines[0]; !exists {
+			// We need to return to the start of the line here to properly
+			// erase it. Going back the entire width of the terminal will
+			// usually be farther than we need to go, but terminal emulators
+			// will stop the cursor at the start of the line as a rule.
+			//
+			// We use this sequence in particular because it's part of the ANSI
+			// standard (whereas others are proprietary to, say, VT100/VT52).
+			cursorBack(out, r.width)
+
 			clearLine(out)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/screen.go b/screen.go
index 2417dd3..097e65c 100644
--- a/screen.go
+++ b/screen.go
@@ -38,3 +38,7 @@ func restoreCursorPosition(w io.Writer) {
 func changeScrollingRegion(w io.Writer, top, bottom int) {
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, te.CSI+te.ChangeScrollingRegionSeq, top, bottom)
 }
+
+func cursorBack(w io.Writer, n int) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, te.CSI+te.CursorBackSeq, n)
+}
diff --git a/tea.go b/tea.go
index 0d9e258..5fe0fdf 100644
--- a/tea.go
+++ b/tea.go
@@ -197,14 +197,12 @@ func (p *Program) Start() error {
 	}
 }
 
-// AltScreen exits the altscreen. This is just a wrapper around the termenv
-// function.
+// AltScreen enters the alternate screen buffer.
 func AltScreen() {
 	termenv.AltScreen()
 }
 
-// ExitAltScreen exits the altscreen. This is just a wrapper around the termenv
-// function.
+// ExitAltScreen exits the alternate screen buffer.
 func ExitAltScreen() {
 	termenv.ExitAltScreen()
 }