diff --git a/src/report.cpp b/src/report.cpp
index 3fe7e8a28..6f0e560de 100644
--- a/src/report.cpp
+++ b/src/report.cpp
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ std::string handleInfo ()
     table.addCell (row, 0, "ID");
     table.addCell (row, 1, task->id);
 
-    std::string status = Task::statusToText (task->getStatus ());
+    std::string status = ucFirst (Task::statusToText (task->getStatus ()));
 
     if (task->has ("parent"))
       status += " (Recurring)";
diff --git a/src/text.cpp b/src/text.cpp
index e99361693..0e511b551 100644
--- a/src/text.cpp
+++ b/src/text.cpp
@@ -296,6 +296,17 @@ std::string upperCase (const std::string& input)
   return output;
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+std::string ucFirst (const std::string& input)
+{
+  std::string output = input;
+
+  if (output.length () > 0)
+    output[0] = ::toupper (output[0]);
+
+  return output;
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 const char* optionalBlankLine ()
 {
diff --git a/src/text.h b/src/text.h
index 9ffe9c4b2..95eb718a7 100644
--- a/src/text.h
+++ b/src/text.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ void join (std::string&, const std::string&, const std::vector<std::string>&);
 std::string commify (const std::string&);
 std::string lowerCase (const std::string&);
 std::string upperCase (const std::string&);
+std::string ucFirst (const std::string&);
 const char* optionalBlankLine ();
 void guess (const std::string&, std::vector<std::string>&, std::string&);
 bool digitsOnly (const std::string&);