diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6af21bc090b016978954d9af19c9f70f327a6f9e..36a10ec9d516e8826c1a08baa3e1d9dd33d953c3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ CVS code -
 	  read_file(), move_to_filestruct(), copy_from_filestruct(),
 	  do_justify(), get_totals() (renamed get_totsize()), and
 	  do_cursorpos(). (DLR)
+	- Change the NANO_WIDE #define to ENABLE_UTF8, as the latter is
+	  clearer. (DLR)
 - files.c:
   open_file()
 	- Assert that filename isn't NULL, and don't do anything special
@@ -168,6 +170,8 @@ CVS code -
 - configure.ac:
 	- Since we only use vsnprintf() now, remove the tests for
 	  snprintf(). (DLR)
+	- Change the description of "sufficient wide character support"
+	  to "sufficient UTF-8 support", as the latter is clearer. (DLR)
 - doc/faq.html:
 	- Update section 4.10 to mention that pasting from the X
 	  clipboard via the middle mouse button also works when the
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 20de1fbd8c77c1b853841de6553d06db59854c15..296abe2d0b53f5a31647421ff72587a3718d330d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ if test x$enable_utf8 != xno && \
     test x$ac_cv_func_mbtowc = xyes && \
     test x$ac_cv_func_wctomb = xyes && \
     test x$ac_cv_func_wcwidth = xyes; then
-	AC_DEFINE(NANO_WIDE, 1, [Define this if your system has sufficient wide character support (a wide curses library, iswalnum(), iswpunct(), iswblank() or iswspace(), mblen(), mbstowcs(), mbtowc(), wctomb(), and wcwidth()).])
+	AC_DEFINE(ENABLE_UTF8, 1, [Define this if your system has sufficient UTF-8 support (a wide curses library, iswalnum(), iswpunct(), iswblank() or iswspace(), mblen(), mbstowcs(), mbtowc(), wctomb(), and wcwidth()).])
 else
     if test x$enable_utf8 = xyes; then
 	AC_MSG_ERROR([
diff --git a/src/chars.c b/src/chars.c
index 336c29c2461c011a174bcd45c472ddb3e4820556..0d3a9ddf3077fd0eee2480cec2773b2a8ec24455 100644
--- a/src/chars.c
+++ b/src/chars.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include "proto.h"
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
 #ifdef HAVE_WCHAR_H
 #include <wchar.h>
 #endif
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ bool nisblank(int c)
 }
 #endif
 
-#if !defined(HAVE_ISWBLANK) && defined(NANO_WIDE)
+#if !defined(HAVE_ISWBLANK) && defined(ENABLE_UTF8)
 /* This function is equivalent to iswblank(). */
 bool niswblank(wchar_t wc)
 {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ bool is_alnum_mbchar(const char *c)
 {
     assert(c != NULL);
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     if (ISSET(USE_UTF8)) {
 	wchar_t wc;
 	int c_mb_len = mbtowc(&wc, c, MB_CUR_MAX);
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ bool is_blank_mbchar(const char *c)
 {
     assert(c != NULL);
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     if (ISSET(USE_UTF8)) {
 	wchar_t wc;
 	int c_mb_len = mbtowc(&wc, c, MB_CUR_MAX);
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ bool is_cntrl_char(int c)
 	(127 <= c && c < 160);
 }
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
 /* This function is equivalent to iscntrl() for wide characters, except
  * in that it also handles wide control characters with their high bits
  * set. */
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ bool is_cntrl_mbchar(const char *c)
 {
     assert(c != NULL);
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     if (ISSET(USE_UTF8)) {
 	wchar_t wc;
 	int c_mb_len = mbtowc(&wc, c, MB_CUR_MAX);
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ bool is_punct_mbchar(const char *c)
 {
     assert(c != NULL);
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     if (ISSET(USE_UTF8)) {
 	wchar_t wc;
 	int c_mb_len = mbtowc(&wc, c, MB_CUR_MAX);
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ char control_rep(char c)
 	return c + 64;
 }
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
 /* c is a wide control character.  It displays as ^@, ^?, or ^[ch],
  * where ch is (c + 64).  We return that wide character. */
 wchar_t control_wrep(wchar_t wc)
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ char *control_mbrep(const char *c, char *crep, int *crep_len)
 {
     assert(c != NULL && crep != NULL && crep_len != NULL);
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     if (ISSET(USE_UTF8)) {
 	wchar_t wc;
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ char *control_mbrep(const char *c, char *crep, int *crep_len)
 #endif
 	*crep_len = 1;
 	*crep = control_rep(*c);
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ int mbwidth(const char *c)
 {
     assert(c != NULL);
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     if (ISSET(USE_UTF8)) {
 	wchar_t wc;
 	int c_mb_len = mbtowc(&wc, c, MB_CUR_MAX), width;
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ int mbwidth(const char *c)
 int mb_cur_max(void)
 {
     return
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
 	ISSET(USE_UTF8) ? MB_CUR_MAX :
 #endif
 	1;
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ char *make_mbchar(int chr, int *chr_mb_len)
 
     assert(chr_mb_len != NULL);
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     if (ISSET(USE_UTF8)) {
 	chr_mb = charalloc(MB_CUR_MAX);
 	*chr_mb_len = wctomb(chr_mb, chr);
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ char *make_mbchar(int chr, int *chr_mb_len)
 #endif
 	*chr_mb_len = 1;
 	chr_mb = mallocstrncpy(NULL, (char *)&chr, 1);
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ int parse_mbchar(const char *buf, char *chr, bool *bad_chr, size_t
     if (bad_chr != NULL)
 	*bad_chr = FALSE;
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     if (ISSET(USE_UTF8)) {
 	/* Get the number of bytes in the multibyte character. */
 	buf_mb_len = mblen(buf, MB_CUR_MAX);
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ int parse_mbchar(const char *buf, char *chr, bool *bad_chr, size_t
 	    else
 		(*col)++;
 	}
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ int nstrncasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n)
  * strings. */
 int mbstrncasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n)
 {
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     if (ISSET(USE_UTF8)) {
 	char *s1_mb = charalloc(MB_CUR_MAX);
 	char *s2_mb = charalloc(MB_CUR_MAX);
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ const char *nstrcasestr(const char *haystack, const char *needle)
 /* This function is equivalent to strcasestr() for multibyte strings. */
 const char *mbstrcasestr(const char *haystack, const char *needle)
 {
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     if (ISSET(USE_UTF8)) {
 	char *r_mb = charalloc(MB_CUR_MAX);
 	char *q_mb = charalloc(MB_CUR_MAX);
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ const char *revstrcasestr(const char *haystack, const char *needle,
 const char *mbrevstrcasestr(const char *haystack, const char *needle,
 	const char *rev_start)
 {
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     if (ISSET(USE_UTF8)) {
 	char *r_mb = charalloc(MB_CUR_MAX);
 	char *q_mb = charalloc(MB_CUR_MAX);
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ size_t mbstrnlen(const char *s, size_t maxlen)
 {
     assert(s != NULL);
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     if (ISSET(USE_UTF8)) {
 	size_t n = 0;
 	int s_mb_len;
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ bool has_blank_mbchars(const char *s)
 {
     assert(s != NULL);
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     if (ISSET(USE_UTF8)) {
 	char *chr_mb = charalloc(MB_CUR_MAX);
 	bool retval = FALSE;
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ char *mbstrchr(const char *s, char *c)
 {
     assert(s != NULL && c != NULL);
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     if (ISSET(USE_UTF8)) {
 	char *s_mb = charalloc(MB_CUR_MAX);
 	const char *q = s;
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ bool is_valid_mbstring(const char *s)
     assert(s != NULL);
 
     return 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
 	ISSET(USE_UTF8) ?
 	(mbstowcs(NULL, s, 0) != (size_t)-1) :
 #endif
diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index 79982ac35abb87c1bdf819365b2f0197c7998511..d8022221716ba88557d8637f8bcfc9367a248193 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ void version(void)
 #ifdef NANO_SMALL
     printf(" --enable-tiny");
 #endif
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     printf(" --enable-utf8");
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_SLANG
@@ -4256,7 +4256,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     };
 #endif
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     {
 	/* If the locale set exists and includes the case-insensitive
 	 * string "UTF8" or "UTF-8", we should use UTF-8. */
diff --git a/src/proto.h b/src/proto.h
index a93b108ad9b4007a1a2dc38c08dc1aa4372f3b17..e8a5c609d2270104f847b61a1e020a12228cd8fe 100644
--- a/src/proto.h
+++ b/src/proto.h
@@ -144,21 +144,21 @@ extern char *homedir;
 #ifndef HAVE_ISBLANK
 bool nisblank(int c);
 #endif
-#if !defined(HAVE_ISWBLANK) && defined(NANO_WIDE)
+#if !defined(HAVE_ISWBLANK) && defined(ENABLE_UTF8)
 bool niswblank(wchar_t wc);
 #endif
 bool is_byte(int c);
 bool is_alnum_mbchar(const char *c);
 bool is_blank_mbchar(const char *c);
 bool is_cntrl_char(int c);
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
 bool is_cntrl_wchar(wchar_t wc);
 #endif
 bool is_cntrl_mbchar(const char *c);
 bool is_punct_mbchar(const char *c);
 bool is_word_mbchar(const char *c, bool allow_punct);
 char control_rep(char c);
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
 wchar_t control_wrep(wchar_t c);
 #endif
 char *control_mbrep(const char *c, char *crep, int *crep_len);
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index d8a24c2ce9b464d27a3cb0f1c74d9126daf765d1..0a99eeaf2bcfd9e9c9698991dbc4f92128948a41 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2285,7 +2285,7 @@ char *display_string(const char *buf, size_t start_col, size_t len, bool
 	/* Current position in converted. */
     bool bad_char;
 	/* Whether we have an invalid multibyte character. */
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
     const char *bad_buf_mb = "\xEF\xBF\xBD";
 	/* What to display when we have an invalid multibyte
 	 * character: Unicode 0xFFFD (Replacement Character). */
@@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@ char *display_string(const char *buf, size_t start_col, size_t len, bool
 		start_index += buf_mb_len;
 	    }
 	}
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
 	else if (ISSET(USE_UTF8) && mbwidth(buf_mb) > 1) {
 	    converted[index++] = ' ';
 	    start_col++;
@@ -2378,7 +2378,7 @@ char *display_string(const char *buf, size_t start_col, size_t len, bool
 	    converted[index++] = '^';
 	    start_col++;
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
 	    /* If buf contains an invalid multibyte control character,
 	     * display it as such. */
 	    if (ISSET(USE_UTF8) && bad_char) {
@@ -2419,7 +2419,7 @@ char *display_string(const char *buf, size_t start_col, size_t len, bool
 	} else {
 	    int i;
 
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
 	    /* If buf contains an invalid multibyte non-control
 	     * character, display it as such. */
 	    if (ISSET(USE_UTF8) && bad_char) {
@@ -2433,7 +2433,7 @@ char *display_string(const char *buf, size_t start_col, size_t len, bool
 		    converted[index++] = buf[start_index + i];
 
 		start_col += mbwidth(buf_mb);
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
 	    }
 #endif
 	}
@@ -4192,7 +4192,7 @@ void do_credits(void)
      * can't dynamically assign it above, using Unicode 00F6 (Latin
      * Small Letter O with Diaresis) if applicable. */
     credits[14] =
-#ifdef NANO_WIDE
+#ifdef ENABLE_UTF8
 	 ISSET(USE_UTF8) ? "Florian K\xC3\xB6nig" :
 #endif
 	"Florian K\xF6nig";