diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 737357376c55456ec4ca106700101a934ac82e09..557826e8459ce6cc30c87ecf01cc981de18e8edb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-01-01 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
+	* src/global.c (strtokeytype) - Check for lower-case 'f' for defining F-key
+	  sequences for consistency (previously was two checks for upper case F). Fixes
+	  bug 40815 reported by David Binderman <dcb314@Savannah>.
+
 2013-06-13 Matthew Fischer <mfisch@Savannah>
 	* doc/syntax/c.nanorc - Add auto keyword
 
diff --git a/src/global.c b/src/global.c
index 46bad8d74b72b5edb9265f2e21f890ceb9d8bbcd..172ee50b7c56959d1c9021da0c3b56c59023ab86 100644
--- a/src/global.c
+++ b/src/global.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ function_type strtokeytype(const char *str)
         return META;
     else if (str[0] == '^')
         return CONTROL;
-    else if (str[0] ==  'F' || str[0] == 'F')
+    else if (str[0] ==  'F' || str[0] == 'f')
         return FKEY;
     else
 	return RAWINPUT;