diff --git a/src/uu/more/src/more.rs b/src/uu/more/src/more.rs
index 2b6bde9da..08e6fdd70 100644
--- a/src/uu/more/src/more.rs
+++ b/src/uu/more/src/more.rs
@@ -333,9 +333,14 @@ fn more(
                 _ => continue,
             }
 
-            if options.clean_print {
-                execute!(std::io::stdout(), Clear(ClearType::Purge), MoveTo(0, 0)).unwrap();
-            } else if options.print_over {
+            if options.print_over {
+                execute!(
+                    std::io::stdout(),
+                    MoveTo(0, 0),
+                    Clear(ClearType::FromCursorDown)
+                )
+                .unwrap();
+            } else if options.clean_print {
                 execute!(std::io::stdout(), Clear(ClearType::All), MoveTo(0, 0)).unwrap();
             }
             pager.draw(stdout, wrong_key);
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_more.rs b/tests/by-util/test_more.rs
index 80d3c3da4..bffa88cab 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_more.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_more.rs
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ fn test_more_no_arg() {
 #[test]
 fn test_valid_arg() {
     if std::io::stdout().is_terminal() {
-        new_ucmd!().arg("-c").succeeds().code_is(0);
-        new_ucmd!().arg("--print-over").succeeds().code_is(0);
+        new_ucmd!().arg("-c").succeeds();
+        new_ucmd!().arg("--print-over").succeeds();
 
-        new_ucmd!().arg("-p").succeeds().code_is(0);
-        new_ucmd!().arg("--clean-print").succeeds().code_is(0);
+        new_ucmd!().arg("-p").succeeds();
+        new_ucmd!().arg("--clean-print").succeeds();
     } else {
     }
 }