diff --git a/source/blender/render/intern/source/texture.c b/source/blender/render/intern/source/texture.c
index 8f5c0d5cecb..5c8cac8f71c 100644
--- a/source/blender/render/intern/source/texture.c
+++ b/source/blender/render/intern/source/texture.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ int calcimanr(int cfra, Tex *tex)
 	return imanr;
 }
 
+/* note; this function is called in src/drawview.c for animated background image, option should move to kernel */
 void init_render_texture(Render *re, Tex *tex)
 {
 	Image *ima;
diff --git a/source/blender/src/buttons_shading.c b/source/blender/src/buttons_shading.c
index ed744978900..344d72587b2 100644
--- a/source/blender/src/buttons_shading.c
+++ b/source/blender/src/buttons_shading.c
@@ -2830,7 +2830,7 @@ static void material_panel_tramir(Material *ma)
 
 	uiBlockBeginAlign(block);
 	uiDefButBitI(block, TOG, MA_NOMIST, 0,	"No Mist",	10,10,150,20, &(ma->mode), 0, 0, 0, 0, "Sets the material to ignore mist values");
-	uiDefButBitI(block, TOG, MA_ENV, 0,	"Env",			160,10,150,20, &(ma->mode), 0, 0, 0, 0, "Causes faces to render with alpha zero: allows sky/backdrop to show through");
+	uiDefButBitI(block, TOG, MA_ENV, 0,	"Env",			160,10,150,20, &(ma->mode), 0, 0, 0, 0, "Causes faces to render with alpha zero: allows sky/backdrop to show through (only for solid faces)");
 	uiBlockEndAlign(block);
 
 
diff --git a/source/blender/src/drawview.c b/source/blender/src/drawview.c
index ac97acbd87d..6bab751977b 100644
--- a/source/blender/src/drawview.c
+++ b/source/blender/src/drawview.c
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@
 
 #include "BPY_extern.h"
 
+#include "RE_render_ext.h"
+
 #include "blendef.h"
 #include "mydevice.h"
 #include "butspace.h"  // event codes
@@ -339,7 +341,9 @@ static void draw_bgpic(void)
 	if(bgpic==0) return;
 	
 	if(bgpic->tex) {
-//		init_render_texture(bgpic->tex);
+		extern void init_render_texture(struct Render *re, Tex *tex);
+		/* note; bad call, this has to be recoded to move to blenkernel */
+		init_render_texture(NULL, bgpic->tex);
 		free_unused_animimages();
 		ima= bgpic->tex->ima;
 	}