diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9677f53dfa4cbcf11b7175bcb5c268c2b5201111..2a419eb6794bb13672c6a27e5aeaaed67ae2566c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ CVS code -
 	  be included per line, and change the comment for the
 	  "whitespace" option so that the hexadecimal character values
 	  are six digits long. (DLR)
+	- Add sample regexes for Python. (singular on the Gentoo forums,
+	  http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=86562; minor tweaks
+	  by DLR, suggested by John M. Gabriele)
 
 GNU nano 1.3.11 - 2006.03.30
 - General:
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.sample b/doc/nanorc.sample
index 6788829aac3a2501c06724692ae806c4125abae7..7c40f8cf9a2c5587c015f9bc5c78c92fc238c509 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.sample
+++ b/doc/nanorc.sample
@@ -275,6 +275,15 @@
 # color green "#.*"
 # color yellow start="<< 'STOP'" end="STOP"
 
+## Here is an example for Python
+##
+# syntax "python" "\.py$"
+# icolor brightblue "def [A-Z_0-9]+"
+# color brightcyan "\<(and|assert|break|class|continue|def|del|elif|else|except|exec|finally|for|from|global|if|import|in|is|lambda|map|not|or|pass|print|raise|return|try|while)\>"
+# color brightgreen "(["']).*[^\\]\1" "(["']){3}.*[^\\]\1"
+# color brightgreen start=""""[^"]" end=""""" start="'''[^']" end="'''"
+# color brightred "#.*$"
+
 ## Here is an example for Java source
 ##
 # syntax "Java source" "\.java$"