diff --git a/src/tabbed_chat_window.py b/src/tabbed_chat_window.py
index 61d417b37..c3b27c8ca 100644
--- a/src/tabbed_chat_window.py
+++ b/src/tabbed_chat_window.py
@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ class TabbedChatWindow(chat.Chat):
 		self.paint_banner(jid)
 
 	def get_specific_unread(self, jid):
-		return 0 # FIXME: always zero why??
+		# return the number of unread for contacts in the room when gc, 0 in tc
+		return 0
 
 	def show_avatar(self, jid, resource):
 		# Get the XML instance