diff --git a/syntax/c.nanorc b/syntax/c.nanorc
index 1b7828440bcf26c404dcc987db35349030cc6636..78041ffa9dfa34e3f95d7e7b52455faeaccef0b9 100644
--- a/syntax/c.nanorc
+++ b/syntax/c.nanorc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ color brightblue "//.*"
 color brightblue start="/\*" end="\*/"
 
 # Reminders.
-color ,yellow "\<(FIXME|TODO|XXX)\>"
+color brightwhite,yellow "\<(FIXME|TODO|XXX)\>"
 
 # Trailing whitespace.
 color ,green "[[:space:]]+$"