diff --git a/genhtml.patch b/genhtml.patch
index e407512c48..9f117304d1 100644
--- a/genhtml.patch
+++ b/genhtml.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- genhtml_ori	2013-07-06 20:45:58.973043561 +0200
-+++ genhtml	2013-07-06 20:46:22.473043550 +0200
+--- genhtml_ori	2013-07-10 19:23:55.041055126 +0200
++++ genhtml	2013-07-10 19:31:39.041172541 +0200
 @@ -2351,7 +2351,8 @@
  
  	($year, $month, $day) = (localtime())[5, 4, 3];
@@ -10,3 +10,34 @@
  }
  
  
+@@ -3807,9 +3808,10 @@
+ 			} else {
+ 				$class	= "branchCov";
+ 				$text	= " + ";
+-				$title	= "Branch $br_num was taken $taken ".
+-					  "time";
+-				$title .= "s" if ($taken > 1);
++				#$title	= "Branch $br_num was taken $taken ".
++				#	  "time";
++				#$title .= "s" if ($taken > 1);
++                $title  = "Branch $br_num was taken X times";
+ 			}
+ 			$current .= "[" if ($open);
+ 			$current .= "<span class=\"$class\" title=\"$title\">";
+@@ -3892,6 +3894,8 @@
+ 		$count_format	= format_count($count, $count_field_width);
+ 	}
+ 	else {
++        # force to 1 to avoid huge diffs between runs
++        $count = 1;
+ 		$result		= $count;
+ 		$source_format	= '<span class="lineCov">';
+ 		$count_format	= format_count($count, $count_field_width);
+@@ -5127,6 +5131,7 @@
+ 			$countstyle = "coverFnLo";
+ 		} else {
+ 			$countstyle = "coverFnHi";
++            $count = "X";
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		write_html(*HTML_HANDLE, <<END_OF_HTML)
diff --git a/run_code_coverage_upload.sh b/run_code_coverage_upload.sh
index d5684a935d..a831363c63 100755
--- a/run_code_coverage_upload.sh
+++ b/run_code_coverage_upload.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 lcov --directory . --capture --output-file mapserver.info 
 
 cp /usr/bin/genhtml .
-# to remove date, so that only real differences show up
+# to remove date and occurences number, so that only real differences show up
 patch -p0 < genhtml.patch
 
 ./genhtml -o ./mapserver_coverage_html --num-spaces 2 mapserver.info