diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp
index 56be20f9f5f..67b99faabfc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ void PlainTextEditor::configure(const Core::MimeType &mimeType)
     // because Kate recommends to configure indentation  through another feature. Maybe we should
     // provide something similar in Creator? For now, only normal indentation is supported.
     m_indenter.reset(new NormalIndenter);
+
+    emit configured(editableInterface());
 }
 
 bool PlainTextEditor::isMissingSyntaxDefinition() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h
index 55fb62ca035..2d8a2309ccc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditor.h
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ public slots:
 private slots:
     void configure();
 
+signals:
+    void configured(Core::IEditor *editor);
+
 protected:
     virtual BaseTextEditorEditable *createEditableInterface() { return new PlainTextEditorEditable(this); }    
     virtual void indentBlock(QTextDocument *doc, QTextBlock block, QChar typedChar);
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditorfactory.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditorfactory.cpp
index e060df18731..a26f3bd2df9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditorfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/plaintexteditorfactory.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ Core::IEditor *PlainTextEditorFactory::createEditor(QWidget *parent)
 {
     PlainTextEditor *rc = new PlainTextEditor(parent);
     TextEditorPlugin::instance()->initializeEditor(rc);
+    connect(rc, SIGNAL(configured(Core::IEditor*)),
+            this, SLOT(updateEditorInfoBar(Core::IEditor*)));
     return rc->editableInterface();
 }
 
@@ -95,14 +97,15 @@ void PlainTextEditorFactory::updateEditorInfoBar(Core::IEditor *editor)
             TextEditorSettings::instance()->highlighterSettings().alertWhenNoDefinition()) {
             Core::EditorManager::instance()->showEditorInfoBar(
                 Constants::INFO_SYNTAX_DEFINITION,
-                tr("A highlight definition was not found for this file. Would you like to try to find one?"),
+                tr("A highlight definition was not found for this file. "
+                   "Would you like to try to find one?"),
                 tr("Show highlighter options"),
                 Manager::instance(),
                 SLOT(showGenericHighlighterOptions()));
+            return;
         }
-    } else {
-        Core::EditorManager::instance()->hideEditorInfoBar(Constants::INFO_SYNTAX_DEFINITION);
     }
+    Core::EditorManager::instance()->hideEditorInfoBar(Constants::INFO_SYNTAX_DEFINITION);
 }
 
 void PlainTextEditorFactory::addMimeType(const QString &type)