diff --git a/doc/nanorc.sample b/doc/nanorc.sample
index b5851bf1ff683c1db4db0a0547bc9ef2c48e8576..b204dcdaeb2f422d7d3e7c5bf435756a26a2421f 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.sample
+++ b/doc/nanorc.sample
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 ## You may use the prefix "bright" to mean a stronger color highlight
 ## for the foreground.
 ##
-## To use multi-line regexes use the start="regex" end="regex" format.
+## To use multi-line regexes, use the start="regex" end="regex" format.
 ##
 ## If your system supports transparency, not specifying a background
 ## color will use a transparent color.  If you don't want this, be sure