diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a8e8122d215757bed40797cdf213c9f2bc0e028a..1f4035fe533065958f460df4a57739249ab60cbc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ CVS Code -
 - global.c:
   shortcut_init()
 	- Rework IFHELP macro (David Benbennick).
+- nanorc.sample
+	- Put in much less crappy example regex rules for c-file.
 
 GNU nano 1.1.9 - 05/12/2002
 - General:
diff --git a/nanorc.sample b/nanorc.sample
index 54c1fde4ce9e95e18f709fe332c8638c20a22d65..677ff3e24ee8d58ec7ae8a4662c775c731ba22eb 100644
--- a/nanorc.sample
+++ b/nanorc.sample
@@ -87,15 +87,17 @@
 # to set the background color to black or white.
 #
 # syntax "c-file" ".*\.c" ".*\.h"
-# color brightred "float " "char " "int " "void "  "NULL" "[A-Z_]\{2,\}" 
-# color brightred "static" "const" "[\ ]struct" "^struct" "if " "while[\ \n\(]" 
-# color brightred "do[\ \n\(]" "else[\ \n]" "case " "switch " "break;"
-# color brightcyan "#define" "#include" "#ifn*def" "#endif" "#elif" "#else" "#if "
+# color red "\<[A-Z_]\{2,\}\>" 
+# color green "\<float\>" "\<char\>" "\<int\>" "\<void\>"
+# color green "\<static\>" "\<const\>" "\<struct\>" 
+# color brightyellow "\<if\>" "\<while\>" "\<do\>" "\<else\>" "\<case\>" "\<switch\>"
+# color brightcyan "#define" "#include" "#ifn*def" "#endif" 
+# color brightcyan "#elif" "#else" "#if"
 
 # You will in general want your comments and strings to come last, becase
 # syntax highlighting rules will be applied in the order they are read in
 
-# color brightyellow "<.*[^=\ ]*>" "\".*\""
+# color brightyellow "<[^= ]*>" "\"[^"]*\""
 # color brightblue "//.*"
 # color brightblue start="/\*.*" end="\*/"