diff --git a/src/main_gui.cpp b/src/main_gui.cpp
index d84c6c2d1e..77a1acdb16 100644
--- a/src/main_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/main_gui.cpp
@@ -2008,7 +2008,7 @@ static bool DrawScrollingStatusText(const NewsItem *ni, int pos, int width)
 	int x;
 	char buffer[256];
 
-	if (ni->display_mode == 3) {
+	if (ni->display_mode == NM_CALLBACK) {
 		str = _get_news_string_callback[ni->callback](ni);
 	} else {
 		CopyInDParam(0, ni->params, lengthof(ni->params));
diff --git a/src/news_gui.cpp b/src/news_gui.cpp
index 724ec1e789..bf862da22d 100644
--- a/src/news_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/news_gui.cpp
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ static void DrawNewsString(int x, int y, uint16 color, const NewsItem *ni, uint
 	char *dest;
 	StringID str;
 
-	if (ni->display_mode == 3) {
+	if (ni->display_mode == NM_CALLBACK) {
 		str = _get_news_string_callback[ni->callback](ni);
 	} else {
 		CopyInDParam(0, ni->params, lengthof(ni->params));