diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c4dbb66476ff659a2b602217fcf6496de4b48482..df7c84f3515143d713e73d8ef59432934fae2124 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ CVS code -
 - doc/syntax/c.nanorc:
 	- Since .i and .ii are preprocessed C and C++ output, colorize
 	  them here. (Mike Frysinger)
+	- Tweak the multiline comment regex to not color lines so
+	  aggressively. (DLR, found by Mike Frysinger)
 - doc/syntax/ruby.nanorc:
 	- Add missing blank line after the first comment, for
 	  consistency. (DLR)
diff --git a/doc/syntax/c.nanorc b/doc/syntax/c.nanorc
index e90c623adb7b87d86ef75ba3857fbed8d1e054f3..796fca303368a141c5206c2717687f9013e03e27 100644
--- a/doc/syntax/c.nanorc
+++ b/doc/syntax/c.nanorc
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ color brightyellow start=""(\\.|[^"])*\\[[:space:]]*$" end="^(\\.|[^"])*""
 
 ## Comment highlighting
 color brightblue "//.*"
-color brightblue start="/\*" end="\*/"
+color brightblue start="(/){1}\*" end="\*(/){1}"