diff --git a/doc/nanorc.sample.in b/doc/nanorc.sample.in
index 57c993c857f592b07bd16297b1b0cea7d730455a..70079be1aff5e420ba2ca516262ce2da42fc3b0b 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.sample.in
+++ b/doc/nanorc.sample.in
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 ## Save automatically on exit, don't prompt.
 # set tempfile
 
-## Disallow file modification; why would you want this in an rcfile? ;)
+## Disallow file modification.  Why would you want this in an rcfile? ;)
 # set view
 
 ## The two single-column characters used to display the first characters