diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6e52380bec278120fbf4b51a891b5bae88f96e05..2727c3a377023c230890dfe66f08695aaa3a707d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -352,6 +352,10 @@ CVS code -
 	  and put it back so that it isn't lost.  This is especially
 	  needed if the keystroke is part of a multibyte character.
 	  (DLR)
+- nanorc.sample:
+	- Add "cxx" and "hxx" to the list of extensions that the
+	  "c-file" regexes apply to, and add "warning" and "error" to
+	  them as well. (Mike Frysinger)
 - nanorc.5:
 	- Update the description of how the "color" regex works. (DLR)
 	- Clarify descriptions of the characters that aren't allowed
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.sample b/doc/nanorc.sample
index 5c08db39e9ab4047bd354b77a1080c0cbb0ab5a1..e65f5bbbee8f2fa38e04dd2955bb18e105e5692a 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.sample
+++ b/doc/nanorc.sample
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@
 ## color will use a transparent color.  If you don't want this, be sure
 ## to set the background color to black or white.
 ##
-# syntax "c-file" "\.(c|C|cc|cpp|h|H|hh|hpp)$"
+# syntax "c-file" "\.(c|C|cc|cpp|cxx|h|H|hh|hpp|hxx)$"
 # color red "\<[A-Z_]{2,}\>" 
 # color green "\<(float|double|bool|char|int|short|long|sizeof|enum|void|static|const|struct|union|typedef|extern|signed|unsigned|inline)\>"
 # color green "\<(class|namespace|template|public|protected|private|typename|this|friend|virtual|using|mutable|volatile|register|explicit)\>"
 # color brightyellow "\<(for|if|while|do|else|case|default|switch|goto|continue|break|return)\>"
 # color brightyellow "\<(try|throw|catch|operator|new|delete)\>"
-# color brightcyan "^ *# *(define|undef|include|ifn?def|endif|elif|else|if)"
+# color brightcyan "^ *# *(define|undef|include|ifn?def|endif|elif|else|if|warning|error)"
 # color brightmagenta "'([^\]|(\\['abfnrtv\\]))'" "'\\(([0-7][0-7]?)|([0-3][0-7][0-7]))'" "'\\x[0-9A-Fa-f][0-9A-Fa-f]?'"
 ##
 ## You will in general want your comments and strings to come last,