diff --git a/pcbnew/plot_board_layers.cpp b/pcbnew/plot_board_layers.cpp
index 98b1697d0a..d2552cfbe5 100644
--- a/pcbnew/plot_board_layers.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/plot_board_layers.cpp
@@ -306,16 +306,13 @@ void PlotStandardLayer( BOARD *aBoard, PLOTTER* aPlotter,
      // Plot edge layer and graphic items
     itemplotter.PlotBoardGraphicItems();
 
-    // Draw footprint shapes without pads (pads will plotted later)
-    // We plot here module texts, but they are usually on silkscreen layer,
-    // so they are not plot here but plot by PlotSilkScreen()
-    // Plot footprints fields (ref, value ...)
+    // Draw footprint texts:
     for( MODULE* module = aBoard->m_Modules;  module;  module = module->Next() )
     {
         if( ! itemplotter.PlotAllTextsModule( module ) )
         {
             wxLogMessage( _( "Your BOARD has a bad layer number for footprint %s" ),
-                           GetChars( module->GetReference() ) );
+                          module->GetReference() );
         }
     }
 
@@ -786,8 +783,8 @@ void PlotSolderMaskLayer( BOARD *aBoard, PLOTTER* aPlotter,
     BRDITEMS_PLOTTER itemplotter( aPlotter, aBoard, aPlotOpt );
     itemplotter.SetLayerSet( aLayerMask );
 
-    // Plot edge layer and graphic items
-    // They do not have a solder Mask margin, because they are only graphic items
+    // Plot edge layer and graphic items.
+    // They do not have a solder Mask margin, because they  graphic items
     // on this layer (like logos), not actually areas around pads.
     itemplotter.PlotBoardGraphicItems();
 
@@ -795,6 +792,8 @@ void PlotSolderMaskLayer( BOARD *aBoard, PLOTTER* aPlotter,
     {
         for( BOARD_ITEM* item = module->GraphicalItemsList(); item; item = item->Next() )
         {
+            itemplotter.PlotAllTextsModule( module );
+
             if( layer != item->GetLayer() )
                 continue;
 
diff --git a/pcbnew/plot_brditems_plotter.cpp b/pcbnew/plot_brditems_plotter.cpp
index 4816b88f8e..57c8a49948 100644
--- a/pcbnew/plot_brditems_plotter.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/plot_brditems_plotter.cpp
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ bool BRDITEMS_PLOTTER::PlotAllTextsModule( MODULE* aModule )
     TEXTE_MODULE* textModule = &aModule->Reference();
     LAYER_NUM     textLayer = textModule->GetLayer();
 
+    // Reference and value are specfic items, not in graphic items list
     if( GetPlotReference() && m_layerMask[textLayer]
         && ( textModule->IsVisible() || GetPlotInvisibleText() ) )
     {