diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2a3da4c126d048a33a54a4e0e06b915512da8187..2d4416893026c5696a0a81f3385cbad760160857 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ CVS code -
 - doc/nanorc.sample:
 	- In the "nanorc" regexes, tweak the "color" regex to properly
 	  color a line that specifies a background color without a
-	  foreground color, and update the associated comments. (DLR)
+	  foreground color, and update the associated comments.  Also,
+	  tweak the "comment" regex to color comments that don't start
+	  at the beginning of a line. (DLR)
 - doc/man/fr/Makefile.am:
 	- Set mandir to @mandir@/fr, so French manpages get installed
 	  where they belong (Jordi).
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.sample b/doc/nanorc.sample
index 3e2904483f1e656bad81b28d499b0bb054bfed1d..76b6d4c481b8535e5eea53e366a69efff0e4cf93 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.sample
+++ b/doc/nanorc.sample
@@ -270,4 +270,4 @@
 ## strings
 # color white "\"(\\.|[^\"])*\""
 ## comments
-# color blue "^ *#.*$"
+# color blue " *#.*$"