diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
index 7a5631d27a4a959d19d8e2537859fbbf40f4cd97..e4e34752c5bed6d2a65433920a8d52c313ec398a 100644
--- a/doc/nano.texi
+++ b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -672,8 +672,9 @@ Do backwards searches by default.
 
 @item set boldtext
 Use bold instead of reverse video for the titlebar, statusbar, key combos,
-and selected text.  This can be overridden for the first three by setting
-the options @code{titlecolor}, @code{statuscolor}, and @code{keycolor}.
+line numbers, and selected text.  This can be overridden for the first four
+by setting the options @code{titlecolor}, @code{statuscolor}, @code{keycolor},
+and @code{numbercolor}.
 
 @item set brackets "@var{string}"
 Set the characters treated as closing brackets when justifying
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
index 878218b19a275d9639cf6d2929da222ba1d1bc8e..88e210f0878cd486e3b420b5b9b232cb9e0e6160 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.5
+++ b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ Do backwards searches by default.
 .TP
 .B set boldtext
 Use bold instead of reverse video for the titlebar, statusbar, key combos,
-and selected text.  This can be overridden for the first three by setting
-the options \fBtitlecolor\fP, \fBstatuscolor\fP, and \fBkeycolor\fP.
+line numbers, and selected text.  This can be overridden for the first four
+by setting the options \fBtitlecolor\fP, \fBstatuscolor\fP, \fBkeycolor\fP,
+and \fBnumbercolor\fP.
 .TP
 .B set brackets "\fIstring\fP"
 Set the characters treated as closing brackets when justifying