diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-02-22  Lauri Kasanen  <laxy@Savannah>  (tiny change)
+	* doc/syntax/html.nanorc - Also recognize htm as extension,
+	use cyan for tags (more visible on dark background), correct
+	the expression for ampersand codes, and colour strings too.
+
 2014-02-22  Dennis Jenkins  <dennisjenkins@Savannah>  (tiny change)
 	* doc/syntax/c.nanorc - Also recognize c++ as extension.
 
diff --git a/doc/syntax/html.nanorc b/doc/syntax/html.nanorc
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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## Here is a short example for HTML.
 ##
-syntax "html" "\.html$"
+syntax "html" "\.html?$"
 magic "HTML document text"
-color blue start="<" end=">"
-color red "&[^;[[:space:]]]*;"
+color cyan start="<" end=">"
+color red "&[^;[:space:]]*;"
+color green ""(\\.|[^"])*""