diff --git a/panda/src/pgraph/config_pgraph.cxx b/panda/src/pgraph/config_pgraph.cxx
index b8960b4ea2..ed2e0ca509 100644
--- a/panda/src/pgraph/config_pgraph.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/pgraph/config_pgraph.cxx
@@ -222,14 +222,14 @@ ConfigVariableBool show_vertex_animation
 ("show-vertex-animation", false,
  PRC_DESC("Set this true to flash any objects whose vertices are animated "
           "by Panda on the CPU (flash red) or by hardware (flash blue).  "
-          "This only has effect when NDEBUG is defined."));
+          "This only has effect when NDEBUG is not defined."));
 
 ConfigVariableBool show_transparency
 ("show-transparency", false,
  PRC_DESC("Set this true to flash any objects that are rendered in "
           "some transparency mode.  The color chosen is based on the  "
           "particular transparency mode in effect.  This only has effect "
-          "when NDEBUG is defined."));
+          "when NDEBUG is not defined."));
 
 ConfigVariableBool m_dual
 ("m-dual", true,
diff --git a/panda/src/pgraph/cullResult.cxx b/panda/src/pgraph/cullResult.cxx
index 4b13580a0d..39246a887e 100644
--- a/panda/src/pgraph/cullResult.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/pgraph/cullResult.cxx
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ add_object(CullableObject *object, const CullTraverser *traverser) {
     case TransparencyAttrib::M_dual:
 #ifndef NDEBUG
       check_flash_transparency(object->_state, flash_dual_color);
+      state = object->_state;
 #endif
       if (!m_dual) {
         // If m_dual is configured off, it becomes M_alpha.