diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2950b952108ca78eb68e02b2c2c5e8398e43d195..8aa994e77945603d5f5894a58b8de4cb612aea6f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ CVS code -
 	- Make mouse clicks on the Yes/No/All shortcuts work properly
 	  when the MORE_SPACE flag is set. (DLR)
 - doc/nano.texi:
-	- Fix inconsistent wording. (DLR)
+	- Fix inconsistent wording and punctuation. (DLR)
 	- Add missing configure options. (Mike Frysinger, minor tweaks
 	  by DLR)
 	- Sort the configure options more consistently, and add missing
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/nano.texi b/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
index 6d7aa026f3cb001b3a4d8d0fd0d4932a16ed5f8a..82d0697a74f2c91e6be42135c7ce069fefe2ace1 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/nano.texi
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ Detect word boundaries more accurately by treating punctuation
 characters as part of a word.
 
 @item -Y, --syntax=[str]
-Specify a specific syntax highlighting from the .nanorc to use, if
+Specify a specific syntax highlighting from the nanorc to use, if
 available.
 
 @item -c, --const
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ toggles the -O (@code{--morespace}) command line option.
 
 @item Whitespace Display Toggle (Meta-P)
 toggles whitespace display mode if you have a "whitespace" option in
-your .nanorc.
+your nanorc.
 
 @item Tabs to Spaces Toggle (Meta-Q)
 toggles the -E (@code{--tabstospaces}) command line option.
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ toggles the -x (@code{--nohelp}) command line option.
 
 @item Color Syntax Highlighting Toggle (Meta-Y)
 toggles color syntax highlighting if you have color syntaxes in your
-.nanorc.
+nanorc.
 
 @item Suspend Toggle (Meta-Z)
 toggles the -z (@code{--suspend}) command line option.