diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 14892fdbb135c23dfc7af19c66edcde7eabdfd6e..380b5c20b6110e4b79601aaf7e4853460a010407 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-12-03 Eitan Adler <eitanadlerlist@gmail.com>
+	* doc/syntax/makefile.nanorc - Fix poor regex for all alpha characters which sometimes leads to
+	  error messages, reported by gibboris@gmail.com.
+
 2009-12-02 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
 	* text.c (add_undo, do_undo, do_redo) - Do not execute cases for SPLIT when DISABLE_WRAPPING
 	  is defined.  Fixes Savannah bug 28151 (anon).
diff --git a/doc/syntax/makefile.nanorc b/doc/syntax/makefile.nanorc
index 7b639dde5f2469550c66eefd948e892ae505cf55..93a1e76d9c132a650819bef3e776fac4d2a89e81 100644
--- a/doc/syntax/makefile.nanorc
+++ b/doc/syntax/makefile.nanorc
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 syntax "makefile" "Makefile[^/]*$"
 color red "[:=]"
 color magenta "\<(if|ifeq|else|endif)\>"
-color blue "\$+[{(][a-Z0-9_-]+[})]"
+color blue "\$+[{(][a-zA-Z0-9_-]+[})]"
 color brightblue "^[^ 	]+:"
 color green "#.*$"