diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e4e88ecb..45f6b9e8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ CVS code -
   do_replace()
 	- Blank out last_replace properly again just before displaying
 	  the "Replace" prompt. (DLR, found by Mike Frysinger)
+  doc/nanorc.sample:
+	- Add regexes for Bourne shell scripts. (Mike Frysinger, minor
+	  tweaks by DLR)
 
 GNU nano 1.3.8 - 2005.06.30
 - General:
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.sample b/doc/nanorc.sample
index 50538f40..7a0b5ad5 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.sample
+++ b/doc/nanorc.sample
@@ -297,6 +297,19 @@
 # color brightblue "//.*"
 # color brightblue start="/\*" end="\*/"
 
+## Here is an example for Bourne shell scripts
+##
+# syntax "shellscript" "\.sh$"
+# icolor brightgreen "^[_A-Z0-9]+\(\)"
+# color green "\<(case|do|done|elif|else|esac|exit|fi|for|function|if|in|local|read|return|select|shift|then|time|until|while)\>"
+# color green "(\{|\}|\(|\)|\;|\]|\[|`|\\|\$|<|>|!|=|&|\|)"
+# color green "-(L|d|e|f|g|r|u|w|x)\>"
+# color green "-(eq|ne|gt|lt|ge|le|s|n|z)\>"
+# color brightblue "\<(cat|cd|chmod|chown|cp|echo|env|export|grep|install|let|ln|make|mkdir|mv|rm|sed|set|tar|touch|umask|unset)\>"
+# icolor brightred "\$\{?[_A-Z0-9]+\}?"
+# color yellow "#.*$"
+# color brightyellow ""(\\.|[^\"])*"" "'(\\.|[^'])*'"
+
 ## Here is an example for your .nanorc
 ##
 # syntax "nanorc" "(\.|/|)nanorc$"