diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8296d212edb0aa26905ac1a712ea6d7fa5921d4e..d2b6e83dd6d0ad5be90362a6503f9e9c33aa5a18 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CVS Code -
 	  non-file at startup.
   usage()
   	- Remove gettext markings from -p/--preserve (Jordi).
+	- Revamp -H option message to fit in 80 column terminal.
   do_preserve_msg():
 	- Unsplit error message into a single fprintf call (Jordi).
 
diff --git a/nano.c b/nano.c
index f86847230d5dd0eb0bb5ffd9c8938446a6281fcf..b0e610058b24ffe794fd2183e43e139cd80f3e4d 100644
--- a/nano.c
+++ b/nano.c
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ void usage(void)
     print1opt("-F", "--multibuffer", _("Enable multiple file buffers"));
 #endif
 #ifdef ENABLE_NANORC
-    print1opt("-H", "--historylog", _("Log and read search/replace string history"));
+    print1opt("-H", "--historylog", _("Log & read search/replace string history"));
     print1opt("-I", "--ignorercfiles", _("Don't look at nanorc files"));
 #endif
     print1opt("-K", "--keypad", _("Use alternate keypad routines"));