diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 141d389d71283e5443ff4b7e84edf1b84d31abd6..eb81deeedc060e753a7785ca61dbfdccbaef17b4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -447,6 +447,8 @@ CVS code -
 	- Further simplify the "groff" regexes. (DLR)
 	- Tweak the "shellscript" regexes to properly color all special
 	  variables, such as $? and $@. (Benno Schulenberg)
+	- Tweak the "nanorc" regexes to color comments bright blue
+	  instead of blue. (John M. Gabriele)
 - src/Makefile.am:
 	- If we're uninstalling, remove the "rnano" symlink. (DLR, found
 	  by Benno Schulenberg)
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.sample b/doc/nanorc.sample
index bd7e58516a9022010d9126406917acf2bc269ef6..517a9041c63a9852e755d1070caace4268424d14 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.sample
+++ b/doc/nanorc.sample
@@ -378,4 +378,4 @@
 ## Strings
 # icolor white ""(\\.|[^"])*""
 ## Comments
-# icolor blue "^[[:space:]]*#.*$"
+# icolor brightblue "^[[:space:]]*#.*$"