diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index a4ffb04682..7afde36539 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
     <changes>
         <release version="3.7-beta3" date="2010-??-??">
+           <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">49850 - added a getter for _iStartAt in ListFormatOverrideLevel</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">49761 - change cell type to error when setting Double.NaN or Infinities</action>
            <action dev="poi-developers" type="fix">49833 - ensure that CTNumPr is included in poi-ooxml-schemas.jar</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">49841 - fixed LEFT and RIGHT to return #VALUE! when called with a negative operand </action>
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/ListFormatOverrideLevel.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/ListFormatOverrideLevel.java
index ceb59167d4..48fd1a70f3 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/ListFormatOverrideLevel.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hwpf/model/ListFormatOverrideLevel.java
@@ -114,4 +114,8 @@ public final class ListFormatOverrideLevel
 
     return buf;
   }
+
+  public int getIStartAt() {
+    return _iStartAt;
+  }
 }