diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ac103d21..9e3e4511 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 	* psycopg/microprotocols.c: small optimizations.
 
+	* Avoid pointless string manipulation in NamedTupleCursor (ticket #10)
+
 2010-11-08  Daniele Varrazzo  <daniele.varrazzo@gmail.com>
 
 	* psycopg/microprotocols.c: use faster function to build tuples.
diff --git a/lib/extras.py b/lib/extras.py
index 47dcbb23..d19c5601 100644
--- a/lib/extras.py
+++ b/lib/extras.py
@@ -285,8 +285,7 @@ class NamedTupleCursor(_cursor):
             raise self._exc
     else:
         def _make_nt(self, namedtuple=namedtuple):
-            return namedtuple("Record",
-                " ".join([d[0] for d in self.description]))
+            return namedtuple("Record", [d[0] for d in self.description])
 
 
 class LoggingConnection(_connection):