diff --git a/src/config.xml b/src/config.xml
index c832112ecc9..349c41c6f1f 100644
--- a/src/config.xml
+++ b/src/config.xml
@@ -2506,11 +2506,10 @@ EXTRA_PACKAGES=times
  The following commands have a special meaning inside the header:
  <code>\$title</code>, <code>\$datetime</code>, <code>\$date</code>,
  <code>\$doxygenversion</code>, <code>\$projectname</code>, 
- <code>\$projectnumber</code>. 
- Doxygen will replace them by respectively 
- the title of the page, the current date and time, only the current date,
- the version number of doxygen, the project name (see \ref cfg_project_name "PROJECT_NAME"), or the
- project number (see \ref cfg_project_number "PROJECT_NUMBER").
+ <code>\$projectnumber</code>, <code>\$projectbrief</code>, 
+ <code>\$projectlogo</code>. 
+ Doxygen will replace <code>\$title</code> with the empy string, for the replacement values of the
+ other commands the user is refered to \ref cfg_html_header "HTML_HEADER".
 ]]>
       </docs>
     </option>
@@ -2521,6 +2520,9 @@ EXTRA_PACKAGES=times
  the generated \f$\mbox{\LaTeX}\f$ document. The footer should contain everything after 
  the last chapter. If it is left blank doxygen will generate a 
  standard footer.
+ See \ref cfg_latex_header "LATEX_HEADER" for more information on 
+ how to generate a default footer and what special commands can be 
+ used inside the footer.
  
  <br>Note: Only use a user-defined footer if you know what you are doing!
 ]]>
diff --git a/src/latexgen.cpp b/src/latexgen.cpp
index 90591c5d56a..a714539acb3 100644
--- a/src/latexgen.cpp
+++ b/src/latexgen.cpp
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ void LatexGenerator::startIndexSection(IndexSections is)
         else
         {
           QCString header = fileToString(latexHeader);
-          t << substituteKeywords(header,0,
+          t << substituteKeywords(header,"",
                    convertToLaTeX(Config_getString("PROJECT_NAME")),
                    convertToLaTeX(Config_getString("PROJECT_NUMBER")),
                    convertToLaTeX(Config_getString("PROJECT_BRIEF")));
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ void LatexGenerator::endIndexSection(IndexSections is)
       else
       {
         QCString footer = fileToString(latexFooter);
-        t << substituteKeywords(footer,0,
+        t << substituteKeywords(footer,"",
                    convertToLaTeX(Config_getString("PROJECT_NAME")),
                    convertToLaTeX(Config_getString("PROJECT_NUMBER")),
                    convertToLaTeX(Config_getString("PROJECT_BRIEF")));