diff --git a/doc/nano.1 b/doc/nano.1
index c1c14f88..891cbc85 100644
--- a/doc/nano.1
+++ b/doc/nano.1
@@ -124,9 +124,7 @@ and place it at that position again upon reopening such a file.
 .TP
 .BR "\-Q ""\fIcharacters\fB""" ", " "\-\-quotestr=""" \fIcharacters """
 Set the quoting string for justifying.  The default is
-\fB"^([\ \\t]*[#:>\\|}])+"\fP if extended regular expression support is
-available, or \fB">\ "\fP otherwise.  Note that \fB\\t\fP stands for a
-Tab.
+\fB"^([\ \\t]*[#:>|}])+"\fP.  Note that \fB\\t\fP stands for an actual Tab.
 .TP
 .BR \-R ", " \-\-restricted
 Restricted mode: don't read or write to any file not specified on the
diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
index 4114860c..9da7fa97 100644
--- a/doc/nano.texi
+++ b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -221,8 +221,7 @@ and place it at that position again upon reopening such a file.
 @item -Q "@var{characters}"
 @itemx --quotestr="@var{characters}"
 Set the quoting string for justifying.  The default value is
-@t{"^([ \t]*[|>:@}#])+"} if extended regular expression support
-is available, and @t{"> "} otherwise.
+@t{"^([@w{ }\t]*[#:>|@}])+"}.
 Note that @code{\t} stands for a literal Tab character.
 
 @item -R
@@ -848,10 +847,8 @@ Obsolete option.  Recognized but ignored.
 
 @item set quotestr "@var{string}"
 The email-quote string, used to justify email-quoted paragraphs.  This
-is an extended regular expression if your system supports them,
-otherwise a literal string.  The default value is
-@t{"^([ \\t]*[#:>\\|@}])+"} if you have extended regular expression
-support, and @t{"> "} otherwise.
+is an extended regular expression.  The default value is
+@t{"^([@w{ }\t]*[#:>|@}])+"}.
 Note that @code{\t} stands for a literal Tab character.
 
 @item set rebinddelete
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
index e4751b09..2bdbfd62 100644
--- a/doc/nanorc.5
+++ b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -203,10 +203,8 @@ Obsolete option.  Recognized but ignored.
 .TP
 .B set quotestr "\fIstring\fP"
 The email-quote string, used to justify email-quoted paragraphs.  This
-is an extended regular expression if your system supports them,
-otherwise a literal string.  The default value is
-"\fB^([\ \\t]*[#:>\\|}])+\fP" if you have extended regular expression
-support, and "\fB>\ \fP" otherwise.  Note that '\\t' stands for a literal
+is an extended regular expression.  The default value is
+"\fB^([\ \\t]*[#:>|}])+\fP".  Note that \fB\\t\fR stands for an actual
 Tab character.
 .TP
 .B set rebinddelete
diff --git a/doc/sample.nanorc.in b/doc/sample.nanorc.in
index c3018bbc..263abd1a 100644
--- a/doc/sample.nanorc.in
+++ b/doc/sample.nanorc.in
@@ -125,12 +125,8 @@
 # set quickblank
 
 ## The email-quote string, used to justify email-quoted paragraphs.
-## This is an extended regular expression if your system supports them,
-## otherwise a literal string.
-## If you have extended regular expression support, the default is:
-# set quotestr "^([ 	]*[#:>\|}])+"
-## Otherwise:
-# set quotestr "> "
+## This is an extended regular expression.  The default is:
+# set quotestr "^([ 	]*[#:>|}])+"
 
 ## Fix Backspace/Delete confusion problem.
 # set rebinddelete