diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3910837559..39604f2a34 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ not set
 - bug Missing removeCRLF option in ExportCsv and ExportExcel plugins
 - bug #3631 Drop not working Visio schema export.
 - bug #3645 Better handling of invalid ODS documents
+- bug #3976 Number of pages
 
 4.0.3.0 (2013-06-05)
 - bug #3941 Recent tables list always empty
diff --git a/sql.php b/sql.php
index 6b41fcaa01..cfe8dea106 100644
--- a/sql.php
+++ b/sql.php
@@ -773,7 +773,11 @@ if (isset($GLOBALS['show_as_php']) || ! empty($GLOBALS['validatequery'])) {
         ) {
             // "j u s t   b r o w s i n g"
             $justBrowsing = true;
-            $unlim_num_rows = PMA_Table::countRecords($db, $table);
+            $unlim_num_rows = PMA_Table::countRecords(
+                $db, 
+                $table, 
+                $force_exact = true
+            );
 
         } else { // n o t   " j u s t   b r o w s i n g "