diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index adbdd2f97d5f9c5e3ed46d88c4fed40a38640121..3b0da21f96c3db1c32dffaf03d9b6a7ac3c884a8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 	make use of it to remember the location of the Uncut item.
 	* src/global.c, src/files.c (make_new_buffer, close_buffer): Make
 	help lines show "Close" again when more than one buffer is open.
+	* src/global.c (strtosc), doc/man/nanorc.5: Allow the do_spell
+	(and thus do_lint) function to be bound to other key combos.
 
 2014-04-24  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* doc/faq.html: Update a few URLs, delete some obsolete ones, update
diff --git a/doc/man/nanorc.5 b/doc/man/nanorc.5
index 44839262c47d3ebb510d4ffa7d286baa3772b3d4..304cb1e87e298ebf2dd43b25d3377ae8e819523e 100644
--- a/doc/man/nanorc.5
+++ b/doc/man/nanorc.5
@@ -368,6 +368,10 @@ Copy the currently stored text into the current buffer position.
 .B curpos
 Show the current line, column, word positions in the file.
 .TP
+.B speller
+Invoke a spell checking program (or a linting program, if the current
+syntax highlighting defines one).
+.TP
 .B firstline
 Move to the first line of the file.
 .TP
diff --git a/src/global.c b/src/global.c
index 2f66bb2f4088a2a9f50622e528d2f26c34183904..36f0936d4ebcf8d505431926dce7cf0bf8d10c42 100644
--- a/src/global.c
+++ b/src/global.c
@@ -1281,6 +1281,9 @@ sc *strtosc(char *input)
 	s->scfunc = do_cut_text_void;
     else if (!strcasecmp(input, "uncut"))
 	s->scfunc = do_uncut_text;
+    else if (!strcasecmp(input, "tospell") ||
+	     !strcasecmp(input, "speller"))
+	s->scfunc = do_spell;
     else if (!strcasecmp(input, "curpos") ||
 	     !strcasecmp(input, "cursorpos"))
 	s->scfunc = do_cursorpos_void;