diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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+2014-02-22  Dennis Jenkins  <dennisjenkins@Savannah>  (tiny change)
+	* doc/syntax/c.nanorc - Also recognize c++ as extension.
+
 2014-02-22  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/nano.c (move_to_filestruct) - Update the data in 'mark_begin'
 	when mark and cursor are on the same line.  This avoids a segfault
diff --git a/doc/syntax/c.nanorc b/doc/syntax/c.nanorc
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--- a/doc/syntax/c.nanorc
+++ b/doc/syntax/c.nanorc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Here is an example for C/C++.
 ##
-syntax "c" "\.(c(c|pp|xx)?|C)$" "\.(h(h|pp|xx)?|H)$" "\.ii?$"
+syntax "c" "\.(c(c|pp|xx|\+\+)?|C)$" "\.(h(h|pp|xx)?|H)$" "\.ii?$"
 magic "ASCII C(\+\+)? program text"
 color brightred "\<[A-Z_][0-9A-Z_]+\>" 
 color green "\<(float|double|bool|char|int|short|long|sizeof|enum|void|auto|static|const|struct|union|typedef|extern|(un)?signed|inline)\>"