diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index dac6bb187a0c944dac4e282b50951f739d830094..77add931d6e33003e49ab38667806cde13ca105e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ CVS code -
 	  value can't be larger than COLS. (DLR)
 	- Allow the user to exit the help browser via Ctrl-C as well as
 	  Ctrl-X, for consistency with the file browser. (DLR)
+- nanorc.sample:
+	- Add sample regexes for patch files. (Mike Frysinger)
 
 GNU nano 1.3.3 - 2004.06.28
 - General:
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.sample b/doc/nanorc.sample
index 058223af17363876c31a42812151f2227ed0ef87..a7c479bf0a073b44cd7a6af3b70cd5af9bcc4b9e 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.sample
+++ b/doc/nanorc.sample
@@ -225,6 +225,17 @@
 # color brightblue start="/\*\*" end="\*/"
 # color brightgreen,green " +$"
 
+## Here is an example for patch files
+##
+# syntax "patch" "\.(patch|diff)$"
+# color brightgreen "^\+.*"
+# color green "^\+\+\+.*"
+# color brightblue "^ .*"
+# color brightred "^-.*"
+# color red "^---.*"
+# color brightyellow "^@@.*"
+# color magenta "^diff.*"
+
 ## Here is an example for your .nanorc
 ##
 #syntax "nanorc" "(\.|/|)nanorc$"