diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS
index 3297c52c..f219e0be 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS
+++ b/docs/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Version 2.4-alpha1 ()
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+   * template/bootstrap4/sidebar.tpl: fix usage of wrong template
+     variable which prevented the sidebar from being emitted.
+
    * templates/2k11/admin/comments.tpl: Stay on the same page after
      approving a comment; truncate comments to the same length (200)
      as given by /include/admin/comments.php
@@ -139,7 +142,7 @@ Version 2.3.3 (March 22nd, 2020)
      markup
 
    * Updates mailer event plugin to support force sending mails on
-     published blog entries and ability to prepend a mail body. 
+     published blog entries and ability to prepend a mail body.
      Also fixes missing "keep strip tags" configuration option
 
    * Fix serendipity_killPath().
diff --git a/templates/bootstrap4/sidebar.tpl b/templates/bootstrap4/sidebar.tpl
index 335c1691..2038a810 100644
--- a/templates/bootstrap4/sidebar.tpl
+++ b/templates/bootstrap4/sidebar.tpl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <div id="serendipity{$pluginside}SideBar">
 {/if}
 {foreach from=$plugindata item=item}
-{if $template_option.bs_rss && $item.class != "serendipity_plugin_syndication"}
+{if $template_option.bs_feeds && $item.class != "serendipity_plugin_syndication"}
 	<section class="{$item.class} mb-3">
     {if $item.title != ""}
     	<h3>{$item.title}</h3>
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 {/foreach}
 {if $is_raw_mode}
 </div>
-{/if}
\ No newline at end of file
+{/if}