diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c2b55ca483fa63bd98dbafcb853ba8e4b2e7c1db..b3c41eb145d9db47ddee15bba7e20b25c1596f8d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 	could be determined, so that nano will show a message about it.
 	* doc/syntax/nanorc.nanorc: Colour key-binding lines affirmatively
 	only when the specified menu name is an existing one.
+	* doc/syntax/changelog.nanorc: Stop the changed-files colour from
+	spilling beyond a blank line.  Also highlight releases.
 
 2015-06-18  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/rcfile.c: Allow a tiny nano's ~/.nanorc to enable search and
diff --git a/doc/syntax/changelog.nanorc b/doc/syntax/changelog.nanorc
index b40b936f3b960835d216595233d7a2dce70fb2a8..904a8c15802521f83da40e16eaad9b7c3a3d0c22 100644
--- a/doc/syntax/changelog.nanorc
+++ b/doc/syntax/changelog.nanorc
@@ -13,13 +13,16 @@ color yellow "<[^>]*@[^>]*>"
 color cyan "[[:space:]]-[a-zA-Z\$]" "--[8a-z-]+"
 # Bug and patch numbers.
 color cyan "bug #[0-9]{5,6}" "patch #[0-9]{4,5}"
-# Probable variables, for variety.
+# Probable constants, for variety.
 color brightred "\<[A-Z_][0-9A-Z_]+\>"
 # Key sequences.
 color brightblue "\^[A-Z]" "\<M-." "\<F1?[0-9]" "(\^|M-)Space"
 
 # Changed files.
-color magenta start="^(	| {8})\* " end=":( |$)"
+color magenta start="^(	| {8})\* " end="(:( |$)|^$)"
+
+# Release markers.
+color brightblue "^(GNU )?nano[- ][0-9]\.[0-9]\.[^ ]+"
 
 # Trailing whitespace.
 color ,green "[[:space:]]+$"