diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8ff0656d715c628aa7114a76bae0c7dcf04ac960..7eb7c461712486b140add09b5771c7218378f09a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ CVS code -
 	  affect tabs entered using verbatim input, and that it's
 	  disabled when NANO_SMALL is defined.  Also, change the short
 	  command line option for --backupdir from -E to -C.  Changes to
-	  toggle_init(), help_init(), usage(), do_tab(), main(),
-	  nanorc.sample, nano.1, nanorc.5, and nano.texi. (DLR,
-	  suggested by many people)
+	  toggle_init(), usage(), do_tab(), main(), nanorc.sample,
+	  nano.1, nanorc.5, and nano.texi. (DLR, suggested by many
+	  people)
 - chars.c:
   make_mbstring()
 	- Change erroneous ENABLE_EXTRA #ifdef to NANO_EXTRA to fix a
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index d8b6f691898b624700885d07838435b4841c8ea8..d81a2bd9a821a93efed1b38a94327c32e35c22da 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -509,7 +509,8 @@ void help_init(void)
 	    *(ptr++) = '\t';
 	}
 
-	/* Primary meta key sequence. */
+	/* Primary meta key sequence.  If it's the first entry, don't
+	 * put parentheses around it. */
 	if (s->metaval != NANO_NO_KEY) {
 	    entries++;
 	    /* If this is the last entry, put it at the end. */
@@ -517,19 +518,15 @@ void help_init(void)
 		entries++;
 		*(ptr++) = '\t';
 	    }
-	    /* If the primary meta key sequence is the first entry,
-	     * don't put parentheses around it. */
-	    if (entries == 1) {
-		/* Yucky sentinel values we can't handle a better
-		 * way. */
-		if (s->metaval == NANO_ALT_SPACE) {
-		    char *space_ptr = display_string(_("Space"), 0, 5,
+	    /* Yucky sentinel values that we can't handle a better
+	     * way. */
+	    if (s->metaval == NANO_ALT_SPACE && entries == 1) {
+		char *space_ptr = display_string(_("Space"), 0, 5,
 			FALSE);
 
-		    ptr += sprintf(ptr, "M-%s", space_ptr);
+		ptr += sprintf(ptr, "M-%s", space_ptr);
 
-		    free(space_ptr);
-		}
+		free(space_ptr);
 	    } else
 		/* Normal values. */
 		ptr += sprintf(ptr, (entries == 1) ? "M-%c" : "(M-%c)",