diff --git a/syntax/default.nanorc b/syntax/default.nanorc
index 7aa30739..723e2fdb 100644
--- a/syntax/default.nanorc
+++ b/syntax/default.nanorc
@@ -10,14 +10,21 @@ color cyan "^[[:blank:]]*#.*"
 # Spaces in front of tabs.
 color ,red " +	+"
 
-# Nano's name, including version.
-color brightred "(GNU )?[Nn]ano [1-5]\.[0-9][-.[:alnum:]]*\>"
+# Nano's release motto, then name plus version.
+color italic,lime "\<[Nn]ano [1-6]\.[0-9][-.[:alnum:]]* "[^"]+""
+color brightred "\<(GNU )?[Nn]ano [1-6]\.[0-9][-.[:alnum:]]*\>"
+
+# Dates
+color latte "\<[12][0-9]{3}\.(0[1-9]|1[012])\.(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])\>"
 
 # Email addresses.
 color magenta "<[[:alnum:].%_+-]+@[[:alnum:].-]+\.[[:alpha:]]{2,}>"
 
+# URLs.
+color lightblue "\<https?://\S+\.\S+[^[:space:],.)]"
+
 # Bracketed captions in certain config files.
 color brightgreen "^\[[^][]+\]$"
 
 # Control codes.
-color latte "[[:cntrl:]]"
+color orange "[[:cntrl:]]"